Renewable energy projects in Boston
18 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Boston (REPD, July 2026 extract): 2 pending, 9 approved but not running, 6 operational and 0 refused. The council refused 1 of 19 decided applications (5%; UK 19%), with a median 15 weeks from submission to decision.
18projects in the council area
2awaiting a decision
9approved, not running
5%of decisions refused
How Boston decides
| Applications | Boston | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 19 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Projects in Boston
Projects of 1 MW and more (11)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicker Fen Bess, Vicarage Drovebattery storage | battery storage | 400 | approved, not builtupdated May 2025 | Oct 2024 | granted Feb 2025 | May 2025 |
| Bicker Drovebattery storage | battery storage | 100 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2025 | Sep 2024 | granted Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| Friths Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 28 | permission expiredupdated Nov 2017 | Aug 2014 | granted Oct 2014 | Nov 2017 |
| Bicker Fenwind farm | wind farm | 26.7 | operationalupdated Sep 2010 | Mar 2003 | granted Oct 2004 | Sep 2010 |
| Leverton Ingssolar farm | solar farm | 12 | operationalupdated May 2014 | Aug 2013 | granted Oct 2013 | May 2014 |
| Boston Landfill, Wybertonsolar farm | solar farm | 9.7 | under constructionupdated Apr 2024 | Jun 2021 | granted Jan 2022 | Apr 2024 |
| Nowhere Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 8.1 | operationalupdated Apr 2015 | Jul 2014 | granted Sep 2014 | Apr 2015 |
| Kirton Solar PV Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 3.2 | operationalupdated Jul 2016 | Nov 2014 | granted May 2015 | Jul 2016 |
| Marsh Farm, Sea Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1.9 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated May 2023 | Jan 2023 | granted May 2023 | May 2023 |
| Pinguin Foodsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1.5 | operationalupdated Jul 2016 | Feb 2015 | granted Jun 2015 | Jul 2016 |
| Fen Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 1.4 | operationalupdated Nov 2014 | Sep 2013 | granted Dec 2013 | Nov 2014 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (7)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Industrial Estaterooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.9 | approved, not builtupdated May 2022 | Apr 2022 | granted Jun 2022 | May 2022 |
| Marsh Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.9 | under constructionupdated Nov 2022 | Apr 2022 | refused Jun 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| Greenyard Frozen, Marsh Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated May 2023 | Jan 2023 | granted May 2023 | May 2023 |
| TB Containers Limited, Brenton Villarooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2023 | Nov 2022 | granted Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| Station Road, Swinesheadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2021 | Nov 2021 | granted Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| Boston West Business Park - Micro Energy Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | application submittedupdated Mar 2026 | Feb 2026 | — | Mar 2026 |
| Hammond Bicker Fenbattery storage | battery storage | — | application submittedupdated Jul 2025 | May 2025 | — | Jul 2025 |
Postcode districts in Boston
32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided. Projects belong to Boston by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.