Land at Havering Grove Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Land at Havering Grove Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Brentwood, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 23 May 2016; the record was last updated on 30 May 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
30 May 2016record last updated
Brentwoodcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 February 2015 | Application submitted |
| 26 June 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 28 October 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 23 May 2016 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 30 May 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Brentwood
- Planning application reference
- 15/00161/FUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/H1515/W/15/3134301
- Site area
- 8.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Havering Grove Farm, 552A Rayleigh Road, Hutton
- Council area (by location)
- Brentwood
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4803
Who decides
Brentwood has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Brentwood nergy Storage System | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) | battery storage | 10 | operational | 1.9 |
| Solar Farm at Billericay Solar Farm North Of Rayleigh Road Hutton | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Crouch Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 4.2 |
| Outwood Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.6 |
| Outwood Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 7 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Barleylands Solar Farm | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Ford Research And Engineering Centre, Dunton Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.2 | operational | 5.5 |
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 (51.6281, 0.3804).