RE: Billingham - planning?31 May 2026 09:33
Firstly there's nothing that says that FID and finance can't proceed until planning is in place - there's nothing to prove or disprove that currently.
Secondly, for spades in the ground in October (per TVL LinkedIn post on 10th March) the planning application wouldn't need to be submitted until somewhere in the first half of July at the latest - given it takes 2-3 months to get planning applications approved. I'm not at all concerned about the planning permission ultimately being granted - Billingham is a brownfield site, with little to no biodiversity or surrounding residential properties, on an established industrial zone. It previously had planning permission awarded for another industrial site that was never built, so there is strong precedent here and the council are clearly keen to have something done with the site. Planning won't be an issue... TVL will submit the application at the appropriate time.