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Barleylands Barleylands Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UD

22/00411/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 23 March 2023

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a solar farm and battery storage facility with associated infrastructure on land at Barleylands, South of Great Burstead on Land West of Southend Road (A129) and South East of Coxes Farm Road, Billericay; and installation of underground cabling from proposed solar farm along A129 (London Road/Southend Road, Wickford) to eastern borough boundary to link to Rayleigh Main Substation, Rawreth

Received
21 March 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
20
Ward
Burstead
Agent
Enso Energy Limited,
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 352 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Barleylands Barleylands Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UD. Basildon has handled 2,522 applications of this type. This one was decided in 367 days, 44 weeks longer than Basildon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Burstead. We hold 1,742 applications in total for the CM11 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Basildon Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM11 2UD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Burstead And South Green Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2022
Consultation expiry
18 March 2023
Consultation start
6 September 2022
Consultation end
30 September 2022
Neighbour consultation start
14 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 March 2023
Last date for comments
20 March 2023
Target decision date
24 March 2023
Committee meeting
22 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Enso Energy Limited,
Agent address
The Priory, Long Street, Dursley, GL11 4HR Gloucestershire,

Planning decision

Case officer
Louise Cook
Statutory period
353 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 April 2022
Advertisement expiry
3 May 2022
Site notice start
24 February 2023
Site notice end
18 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11084596
Documents
87
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Basildon

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Basildon

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