Canewdon Road, Canewdon Solar Photovoltaic Farm (49.9 MW)
Canewdon Road, Canewdon Solar Photovoltaic Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Rochford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 11 January 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 26 January 2024.
49.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
26 January 2024record last updated
Rochfordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 May 2023 | Application submitted |
| 11 January 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 11 January 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 26 January 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company Limited
- Planning authority
- Rochford
- Planning application reference
- 23/00407/FUL
- Site area
- 98.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Canewdon Road, Canewdon
- Council area (by location)
- Rochford
- Time to decision
- 33 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- Name in REPD
- Canewdon Road, Canewdon - Solar Photovoltaic Farm
- REPD reference
- 9808
Who decides
| Applications | Rochford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 9 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 25.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.0 |
| Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 1.0 |
| Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road Solar Photovoltaic Farm. | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 1.7 |
| South Fambridge Hall Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 50 | under construction | 2.0 |
| Fairlawns Farm, Chelmsford Road | battery storage | 480 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Great Wheatley Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | under construction | 8.3 |
| Rayleigh Transforming Station | battery storage | 10.8 | permission expired | 8.6 |
| Land West Of Flambirds Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 8.7 |
| Wick Farm (Burnham on Crouch) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.5 |
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 (51.6137, 0.7066).