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Street Record, London Road, Rawreth, Essex,

Refused Rochford 22/00359/FUL Full Application

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

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.

As published by the council, reference 22/00359/FUL

Application record

Reference
22/00359/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Application Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse Planning Permission
Received
21 Mar 2022
Validated
25 Apr 2022
Decided
3 Apr 2023
Ward
Downhall And Rawreth
Parish
Rawreth Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Rochford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • 25/00924/FUL Granted

    Street Record, London Road, Rawreth, Essex,

    Application to remove planning condition No. 23 (prohibiting development within Parcel A) pursuant to planning permission reference 23/00996/FUL - 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.

    Decided 26 May 2026 Full applications
  • 23/00996/FUL Granted

    Street Record, London Road, Rawreth, Essex,

    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.

    Decided 8 Oct 2024 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Mar 2022

    Received by Rochford

  2. 25 Apr 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 3 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse Planning Permission

  4. 8 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

70 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Rochford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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Nearby applications

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  • Street Record, London Road, Rawreth, Essex,

    25/00924/FUL Submitted 12 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Application to remove planning condition No. 23 (prohibiting development within Parcel A) pursuant to planning permission reference 23/00996/FUL - 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.

    Granted Full applications 15 docs
  • Street Record, London Road, Rawreth, Essex,

    23/00996/FUL Submitted 27 Nov 2023 50 yards away

    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.

    Granted Full applications 61 docs
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    25/00463/FUL Submitted 24 Jun 2025 150 yards away

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