Goodrest Farm BESS Update 30th July 2025

At the Planning Committe meeting on Tuesday 29th July there was a last minute intervention from Hereford and Worcester Fire & Rescue Service, as Grenergy had still not responded to some of their concerns over fire safety. A fairly detailed document was circulated and the Planning Committee were given 15 minutes to read and assimilate the information. Needless to say they were not happy about this, but the meeting continued.

After presentations from Alex Perry (resident), myself (parish council) Grenergy and Simon Nock (ward councillor), there was a long debate regarding the fire safety issues and eventually they voted to defer the application pending a further response from Grenergy. 

A copy of the Fire Service response is on the Planning Portal and can also be found here:

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