Land adjacent to the former Coryton Refinery (5 MW solar farm)
Land adjacent to the former Coryton Refinery is a 5 MW solar farm project in Thurrock, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 24 November 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
abandonedstatus in REPD
24 November 2017record last updated
Thurrockcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2015 | Application submitted |
| 12 February 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 February 2019 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 24 November 2017
- Operator or applicant
- S4N Worsted/Gamma Energy Exeter
- Planning authority
- Thurrock
- Planning application reference
- 15/00877/FUL
- Site area
- 8.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Petroplus Land Part Of Area, 418 Coryton Refinery, The Manorway, Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex, East of England
- Council area (by location)
- Thurrock
- Time to decision
- 20 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5922
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Energy Centre | battery storage | 450 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Marsh Farm, Fobbing Solar Arrays & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 2.3 |
| Nevendon | battery storage | 10 | operational | 7.8 |
| Nevendon Battery Storage Extension | battery storage | 5 | operational | 7.8 |
| Barvills Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.2 |
| Dollymans Storage | battery storage | 100 | operational | 8.7 |
| Tilbury Energy Centre | battery storage | 100 | abandoned | 8.8 |
| Lime Kilns Energy Centre | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
| Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet | battery storage | 150 | application submitted | 8.8 |
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 (51.5237, 0.5087).