Solar Farm at Billericay Solar Farm North Of Rayleigh Road Hutton (15 MW)
Solar Farm at Billericay Solar Farm North Of Rayleigh Road Hutton is a 15 MW solar farm project in Brentwood, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 April 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 4 November 2025.
15 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
4 November 2025record last updated
Brentwoodcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 30 April 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 April 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 15 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 4 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Conrad Energy
- Planning authority
- Brentwood
- Planning application reference
- 24/01263/FUL
- Site area
- 16.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Billericay Solar Farm North Of Rayleigh Road Hutton
- Council area (by location)
- Brentwood
- Time to decision
- 25 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Billericay Solar Farm - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 17500
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) | battery storage | 10 | operational | 1.9 |
| Brentwood nergy Storage System | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Land at Havering Grove Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 3.4 |
| Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Crouch Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 5.6 |
| Ford Research And Engineering Centre, Dunton Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.2 | operational | 7.5 |
| Outwood Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 7 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| Outwood Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.0 |
| Lower Dunton Road | battery storage | 368 | application submitted | 8.3 |
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 (51.6318, 0.3321).