Felsted Parish Council has been advised that TotalEnergies has written to the UK Planning Inspectorate formally withdrawing their proposed submission of a Development Consent Order (DCO) which is the official preparative application in the consenting regime for an NSIP.
As advised by Felsted Parish Council on February 27th, 2025, the INSIP was for a large solar farm development covering circa 650 acres that was being proposed to be located on land between Watch House Green and Rayne.
TotalEnergies advise that whilst they are withdrawing from the NSIP proposal they continue to plan to bring a cross-boundary planning application forward which will be submitted to Uttlesford District Council (UDC) (and Braintree District Council), but this will no longer be as an NSIP but it will be in the form of a conventional Planning Application.
This will give Felsted (and Uttlesford District Council) the opportunity to consider the proposal and respond on behalf of Felsted in the usual manner for a Planning Application.
A copy of the TotalEnergies letter (dated 15th August, 2025) can be read here.