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Barleylands Barleylands Road Billericay Essex CM11 2UD

23/01468/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 October 2024

Council decision: GrantedPlanning 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 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 (Amended Proposal)

Received
28 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
23
Ward
Burstead
Agent
Enso Energy Limited,
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 314 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 315 days, 37 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
29 November 2023
Consultation expiry
4 September 2024
Consultation start
24 January 2024
Consultation end
17 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
3 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 September 2024
Last date for comments
4 September 2024
Target decision date
11 October 2024
Committee meeting
11 September 2024
Permission expires
8 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Enso Energy Limited,
Agent address
Unit 1 & 2 Cirencester Office Park Tetbury Road Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6JJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Louise Cook
Statutory period
317 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
8 January 2024
Site notice start
15 December 2023
Site notice end
12 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12561817
Documents
61
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.

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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.

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