Bulphan Fen Solar Farm & Battery Storage (49.9 MW)
Bulphan Fen Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Thurrock, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 March 2025; the record was last updated on 28 July 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
under constructionstatus in REPD
28 July 2025record last updated
Thurrockcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 January 2021 | Application submitted |
| 21 October 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 March 2025 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 28 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Warley Green Limited
- Planning authority
- Thurrock
- Planning application reference
- 21/00077/FUL
- Site area
- 168.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent Fen Farm Judds Farm And Part Of Bulphan Fen Harrow Lane Bulphan
- Council area (by location)
- Thurrock
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8026
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (under construction).
Who decides
| Applications | Thurrock | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 28 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 18 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Tye Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.2 |
| Fen Lane, Bulphan Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 1.3 |
| Ockendon Landfill Solar Farm | solar farm | 38 | operational | 2.0 |
| Clay Tye Farm | solar farm | 15.9 | refused | 3.1 |
| Clay Tye Farm Phase 2 - Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Clay Tye Farm Phase 1 - Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Clay Tye Farm Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 3.4 |
| Lime Kilns Energy Centre | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Fairwind Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 4.4 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.5392, 0.3399).