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Solar, wind and battery projects near St Neots (PE19)

20 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of PE19 (Huntingdonshire): 3 are waiting for a planning decision, 9 approved but not yet running, 7 operational. The largest live scheme is East Park Energy (400 MW solar farm, application submitted on 30 October 2025, no decision recorded), 2.6 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.

Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

20projects within 10 km
3awaiting a decision
9approved, not running
7operational

Projects within 10 km of PE19

Projects of 1 MW and more (14)

ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
East Park Energysolar farmsolar farm400application submittedupdated May 2026Oct 2025—May 2026Huntingdonshire2.6
East Park Energybattery storagebattery storage100application submittedupdated May 2026Oct 2025—May 2026Huntingdonshire2.6
Cobholden Solar Farmsolar farmsolar farm49.9approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026May 2024granted Jan 2025Feb 2026Bedford3.9
Vicarage Lane, Diddington Solar Arrayssolar farmsolar farm35application submitted may be out of dateupdated Aug 2023Aug 2023—Aug 2023Huntingdonshire4.5
Weald Farm, Cambridge Road Solar Farm & Battery Storagebattery storagebattery storage50approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026Apr 2024granted May 2025Feb 2026Huntingdonshire4.6
Weald Farm, Cambridge Road Solar Farm & Battery Storagesolar farmsolar farm49.9approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026Apr 2024granted May 2025Feb 2026Huntingdonshire4.6
Caldecote Manor Farmsolar farmsolar farm5operationalupdated Mar 2016Sep 2014granted Jan 2015Mar 2016Huntingdonshire4.7
Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane Solar Farmsolar farmsolar farm49.9approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026Dec 2023granted Jan 2025Feb 2026Huntingdonshire4.8
Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane Solar Farmbattery storagebattery storage6approved, not builtupdated Mar 2025Dec 2023granted Jan 2025Mar 2025Huntingdonshire4.8
Common Barn Wind Farmwind farmwind farm6.2operationalupdated Dec 2019May 2012granted Jul 2013Dec 2019Huntingdonshire4.9
Cotton Farmwind farmwind farm20operationalupdated Jan 2015Aug 2008granted Dec 2010Jan 2015Huntingdonshire5.4
Staughton Airfield Solar Farmsolar farmsolar farm40operationalupdated Jan 2026Jun 2015granted Sep 2015Jan 2026Huntingdonshire6.6
Cobholden Battery Storagebattery storagebattery storage100approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026Aug 2022granted May 2023Feb 2026Bedford7.8
Waterloo solar parksolar farmsolar farm14.6operationalupdated May 2015Oct 2013granted Apr 2014May 2015Central Bedfordshire9.6
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
Chester Road, Colmworth Business Park Solar Panlesrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jun 2023Mar 2023granted Apr 2023Jun 2023Huntingdonshire3.4
Alpha Drive, Eaton Soconrooftop solarrooftop solar0.5approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026Sep 2025granted Jan 2026Mar 2026Huntingdonshire3.6
Bassmead Manor Farm, Staploesolar farmsolar farm0.2approved, not builtupdated May 2025Oct 2024granted Mar 2025May 2025Bedford4.6
Littleyhey Prison Solar Farmsolar farmsolar farm0.5operationalupdated Nov 2021Dec 2020granted Nov 2021Nov 2021Huntingdonshire6.1
Fairview Farmsolar farmsolar farm0.2operationalupdated Sep 2022Mar 2020granted Dec 2020Sep 2022South Cambridgeshire8.5
Flamingo Flowerssolar farmsolar farm0.5application withdrawnupdated Jun 2020Nov 2019—Jun 2020Central Bedfordshire9.5

Distance from the average position of the PE19 postcodes, not from your home. Projects of 5 MW and more have their own page with dates and planning history.

By type

TypeAllPendingApprovedOperationalRefusedMW in pipeline
Solar farm122450585
Rooftop solar202000.8
Wind farm200200
Battery storage41300256

MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.

How Huntingdonshire decides solar, wind and battery applications

ApplicationsHuntingdonshireUK
Decided applications (solar, wind, battery)4710,236
Refused7 (15%)19%
Solar refused1 of 3312%
Onshore wind refused6 of 1145%
Battery storage refused0 of 316%
Median time from submission to decision19.0 weeks17.0 weeks
Appeals lodged / allowed1 / 3—

All projects in Huntingdonshire

Is the status up to date?

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. Near PE19, 2 projects have a status that may be out of date (pending for over two years, or approved with a permission expiry date already passed). Check the council's planning register for the latest decision.

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