Ongar Landfill Ground mounted solar photovoltaic (8.8 MW)
Ongar Landfill Ground mounted solar photovoltaic is an 8.8 MW solar farm project in Brentwood, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 21 September 2021; the record was last updated on 3 May 2022.
8.8 MWsolar farm
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
3 May 2022record last updated
Brentwoodcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 February 2021 | Application submitted |
| 21 September 2021 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 8.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 3 May 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Infinis
- Planning authority
- Brentwood
- Planning application reference
- ESS/21/21/BRW
- Address (REPD)
- Ongar Landfill, Mill Lane, High Ongar
- Council area (by location)
- Brentwood
- REPD reference
- 8428
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Farm at Nickerlands | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Thrift Solar Farm and BESS | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Solar Farm at Billericay Solar Farm North Of Rayleigh Road Hutton | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
| Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) | battery storage | 10 | operational | 9.4 |
| Brentwood nergy Storage System | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
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 (51.6964, 0.2596).