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Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

Awaiting decision Chelmsford 24/00149/FUL Full

Relates to 22/00179/FUL

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

The proposed development of an underground grid connection cable between the proposed Rayleigh Battery Storage Facility (Chelmsford City Council application ref: 22/00179/FUL) and its connection point at National Grid's Rayleigh Substation.

As published by the council, reference 24/00149/FUL

Application record

Reference
24/00149/FUL
Type
Full
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
28 Mar 2024

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

This site has had 9 applications since 2022: 7 approved, 1 refused.

  • 22/00179/DOC/8 Granted

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Condition 13 - Detailed lighting scheme

    Decided 4 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 22/00179/DOC/5 Granted

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Condition 9 - Details of the colour finishes of the external surfaces of substation, substation building, switchgear housing, battery storage units, grid compliant equipment, CCTV poles, and battery transformers

    Decided 19 May 2025 Conditions
  • 22/00179/DOC/6 Granted

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Condition 6 - Construction Management Plan

    Decided 13 May 2025 Conditions
  • 25/00269/FUL Granted

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Proposed development of a SUDS swale for the approved battery energy storage system (Bess) and ancillary development

    Decided 24 Dec 2025 Full applications
  • 22/00179/DOC/3 Granted

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Condition 8 - Surface water drainage scheme

    Decided 22 Dec 2025 Conditions
  • 22/00179/DOC/4 Granted

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Condition 5 - Hard and soft landscaping

    Decided 26 Mar 2025 Conditions
  • 22/00179/DOC/1 Granted

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Condition 6 - Construction Management Plan

    Decided 16 Jul 2024 Conditions
  • 22/00179/FUL Refused

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Construction of a battery energy storage system and ancillary development.

    Decided 30 May 2022 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Mar 2024

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 23 May 2024, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Chelmsford took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 22/00179/FUL Refused

    Land West Of Battlesbridge Bypass Rettendon Wickford

    Construction of a battery energy storage system and ancillary development.

    Decided 30 May 2022 Full applications

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

1 document on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Chelmsford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chelmsford decided full applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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