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Broxbournebury Solar Field (5 MW)

Broxbournebury Solar Field is a 5 MW solar farm project in Broxbourne, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 15 February 2019; the record was last updated on 27 August 2019.

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

5 MWsolar farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
27 August 2019record last updated
Broxbournecouncil area

Planning timeline

DateStage
15 September 2015Application submitted
15 February 2016Planning permission granted
15 February 2019Permission expired

Project details

Technology
solar farm
Capacity
5 MW
Status (REPD)
permission expired
Record last updated
27 August 2019
Operator or applicant
Mulbrick Clean Energy
Planning authority
Broxbourne
Planning application reference
07/15/0866/F
Site area
9.1 ha
Address (REPD)
Land Adjacent to Cock Lane, Hoddesdon
Council area (by location)
Broxbourne
Time to decision
22 weeks
REPD reference
5647

Who decides

Broxbourne has 4 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.

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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 (51.7507, -0.0357).