Marsh Farm, Fobbing Solar Arrays & Battery Storage (49.9 MW)
Marsh Farm, Fobbing Solar Arrays & 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 Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 9 May 2024; the record was last updated on 6 June 2024.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
6 June 2024record last updated
Thurrockcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 July 2023 | Application submitted |
| 9 May 2024 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 6 June 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Rayleigh Green Limited
- Planning authority
- Thurrock
- Planning application reference
- 23/00847/FUL
- Site area
- 136.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Marsh Farm, Marsh Lane, Fobbing, Stanford Le Hope
- Council area (by location)
- Thurrock
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- Name in REPD
- Marsh Farm, Fobbing - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 14713
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application withdrawn).
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Farm 21/01635/FUL | 49.9 | 1 October 2021 | refused 12 June 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land adjacent to the former Coryton Refinery | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 2.3 |
| Gateway Energy Centre | battery storage | 450 | approved, not built | 2.3 |
| Lime Kilns Energy Centre | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Barvills Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.2 |
| Fairwind Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 7.3 |
| Lower Dunton Road | battery storage | 368 | application submitted | 7.3 |
| Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 28 | operational | 7.3 |
| Nevendon | battery storage | 10 | operational | 7.4 |
| Nevendon Battery Storage Extension | battery storage | 5 | operational | 7.4 |
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 (51.5273, 0.4766).