Chancery Farm (Ardleigh) (11.9 MW solar farm)
Chancery Farm (Ardleigh) is an 11.9 MW solar farm project in Tendring, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 29 March 2016; the record was last updated on 1 March 2017.
11.9 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
1 March 2017record last updated
Tendringcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 April 2014 | Application submitted |
| 22 December 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 December 2015 | Construction started |
| 29 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 11.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 1 March 2017
- Operator or applicant
- BlackRock
- Planning authority
- Tendring
- Planning application reference
- 14/00408/FUL
- Site area
- 16.9 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Chancery Farm, Park Road, Ardleigh, Colchester
- Council area (by location)
- Tendring
- Time to decision
- 88 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1946
Who decides
| Applications | Tendring | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 26 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (38%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 19 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardleigh Road, Little Bromley | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Stephenson Road - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Bluegates Solar Park | solar farm | 10.5 | operational | 5.6 |
| Boxted Airfield | solar farm | 18.8 | operational | 5.7 |
| Land North of Horsley Cross Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 34 | application submitted | 6.4 |
| Holmwood Solar Farm | solar farm | 19 | refused on appeal | 8.1 |
| Boxted | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 8.1 |
| Wix Lodge | solar farm | 18.7 | operational | 8.9 |
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 (51.9104, 0.9938).