Planning application
Land At Stevenson Farm Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of Condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning reference 23/00079/FULL to replace and upgrade the existing operational BESS and its associated infrastructure in line with this approved plan, also replace further infrastructure and equipment on site.
As published by the council, reference 26/00021/VAR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00021/VAR
- Category
- Amendments
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 9 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 24 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Castledon And Crouch
- Parish
- Wickford Town Council
Site history
Applications at this address on the Basildon register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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23/00079/FULL Granted
Land At Stevenson Farm Southend Arterial Road Nevendon Wickford Essex
Proposed expansion of the Nevendon Energy Storage system to increase the capacity to 15MW, comprising the installation of additional battery racks and units, converters, transformers, a CCTV system, underground cabling and associated works and infrastructure within the existing energy storage system compound. Plus an extension of time to the temporary period of installation for the whole Nevendon Energy Storage system to 25 years from the date of the first 15MW import/export to the Grid.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jan 2026
Received by Basildon
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24 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 23/00079/FULL (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER REPORT
- DECISION
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- BATTERY STATION LAYOUT
- MV STATION LAYOUT
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE PLAN
- FIRE SAFETY REPORT
- SUPPORTING STATEMENT
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Basildon granted permission on 24 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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