Information for Teesside Green Energy Park, Near KD Pharma, Land at Seal Sands, Billingham
Status: PreventedPlanning Region: North East
Planning Sub-Region: Stockton on Tees
Operator: Teesside Green Energy Park Ltd (Solar 21)
Capacity: 240,000
Campaign Group(s): Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: Planning application submitted in July 2022 (22/1525/EIS) following a Scoping Request from February 2022 (22/0525/SOR). The July 2022 proposal is for an incinerator to treat refuse derived fuel (RDF). The same site was previously granted planning permission for an incinerator in 2013 (12/2766/EIS), according to the non-technical summary for the July 2022 application, while this historic consent was technically implemented in order to maintain the planning permission it "has not been constructed at the site". In April 2024 the Planning Committee voted to approve the application and permission was approved in August 2024 (22/1525/EIS). In May 2024 the Environment Agency did not include this facility in their list of plants that had a permit or outstanding permit application. In March 2025 a non-material amendmet, indicating that the project remains in active development (22/1525/NMA). Teesside Green Energy Park Ltd entered insolvency on 23rd December 2025 in association with the broader insolvency of Solar 21 which calls its future into doubt [Source] (Entry updated 2026-02-25)
Planning Consent files:
302-PlanningConsent-2024.pdfEnvironment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports
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