Essex

Infrastructure projects in Essex

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (Development Consent Orders) whose site lies in Essex, straight from the Planning Inspectorate register — then the measured distance from any Essex postcode.

6 of the 279 projects on the register have their site in Essex — 3 en01 generating stations, 2 tr01 highways, 1 tr03 harbour facilities. By stage: 6 post-decision.

All layers below are live government open data

liveNSIP register, projects located in Essex — planning.data.gov.uk — infrastructure-project (Planning Inspectorate)Whole register re-read daily; a project is placed in a county by reverse-geocoding its published centroid
liveCentroid → council / county — postcodes.io (ONS)

Projects in Essex (6)

A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Scheme post-decision
TR01 Highways · Braintree · ref TR010060 · on register since 2026-10-16
Longfield Solar Farm post-decision
EN01 Generating Stations · Chelmsford · ref EN010118 · on register since 2026-10-16
Lower Thames Crossing post-decision
TR01 Highways · Thurrock · ref TR010032 · on register since 2026-10-16
Rivenhall IWMF and Energy Centre post-decision
EN01 Generating Stations · Braintree · ref EN010138 · on register since 2026-10-16
Thurrock Flexible Generation Plant post-decision
EN01 Generating Stations · Thurrock · ref EN010092 · on register since 2026-10-16
Tilbury2 post-decision
TR03 Harbour Facilities · Thurrock · ref TR030003 · on register since 2026-10-16

Offshore & cross-boundary schemes within 60 km of Chelmsford (1)

These have no postcode within 20 km of their published centroid (typically offshore wind farms or long linear schemes), so they are not assigned to a county. Distance is from the Chelmsford reference point, not from your property.

Kentish Flats Extension · EN01 Generating Stationspost-decision · 55.9 km

Measure from a Essex postcode

The list above says which projects are in the county. The check below says how far each one is from a specific postcode (to the published boundary where one exists). Pre-filled with Chelmsford town centre — replace it with yours.

Live Planning Inspectorate register via planning.data.gov.uk · Try SE1 9SG (Thames Tideway), IP16 4UR (Sizewell C) or TA5 1UD (Hinkley Point C)

Enter a postcode and pick a radius. You will see the project count and nearest scheme for free; the full list with stages, distances and document links is in the £12.00 PDF. Distance is a fact from the register; we make no claim about its effect on value.

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