Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane Solar Farm (49.9 MW)
Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Huntingdonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 31 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 27 February 2026.
49.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
27 February 2026record last updated
Huntingdonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 December 2023 | Application submitted |
| 31 January 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 31 January 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 27 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon Limited
- Planning authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Planning application reference
- 23/01507/FUL
- Site area
- 61.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- South Of Abbotsley Country Homes Drewels Lane Abbotsley
- Council area (by location)
- Huntingdonshire
- Time to decision
- 60 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 13629
The scheme also includes 6 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Huntingdonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 47 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 33 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldecote Manor Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.9 |
| Weald Farm, Cambridge Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Waterloo solar park | solar farm | 14.6 | operational | 5.1 |
| Cobholden Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Lowfield Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 26.5 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| East Park Energy | solar farm | 400 | application submitted | 6.9 |
| Cotton Farm | wind farm | 20 | operational | 8.1 |
| Moggerhanger Road, Sandy Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | application submitted | 8.7 |
| Vicarage Lane, Diddington Solar Arrays | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 9.0 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (52.1946, -0.2409).