Chiltern Green Road (10 MW solar farm)
Chiltern Green Road is a 10 MW solar farm project in Central Bedfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 30 June 2015; the record was last updated on 16 August 2017.
10 MWsolar farm
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
16 August 2017record last updated
Central Bedfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 April 2015 | Application submitted |
| 30 June 2015 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 16 August 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Planning application reference
- CB/15/01285/FULL
- Site area
- 22.3 ha
- Council area (by location)
- Central Bedfordshire
- REPD reference
- 1935
Who decides
| Applications | Central Bedfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 59 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (14%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 16 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land North of Chiltern Greeen | solar farm | 5 | operational | 0.8 |
| Ld At Lawrence End Park &, Dane Street | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.5 |
| Wandon End Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.3 |
| Three Houses Lane | solar farm | 11.3 | refused | 8.1 |
| Watling Street, Caddington Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.7 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Rush Green Motors | battery storage | 50 | application withdrawn | 9.4 |
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 (51.8606, -0.363).