Breach Farm Solar farm (67 MW)
Breach Farm Solar farm is a 67 MW solar farm project in East Cambridgeshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 December 2023; the record was last updated on 17 April 2026.
67 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
17 April 2026record last updated
East Cambridgeshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 April 2021 | Application submitted |
| 10 December 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2023 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 67 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 17 April 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust
- Planning authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Planning application reference
- DC/21/0968/FUL
- Site area
- 73.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land South Of Breach Farm Ness Road Burwell Cambridge
- Council area (by location)
- East Cambridgeshire
- Time to decision
- 32 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Breach Farm - Solar farm
- REPD reference
- 8479
The scheme also includes 0.7 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (operational).
Who decides
| Applications | East Cambridgeshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (3%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 22 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Long Barrow Solar Farm Project | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 2.0 |
| Land Southwest of Hightown Drove, Burwell | battery storage | 90 | refused | 2.6 |
| Burwell Anchor Lane Farm, Newnham Drove | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Burwell | battery storage | 50 | operational | 2.7 |
| Goosehall Solar Farm | solar farm | 39.5 | operational | 2.7 |
| Weirs Drove, Burwell | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 3.1 |
| Forest Heath Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.2 |
| Burwell Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 3.2 |
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 (52.2919, 0.3492).