Croydon / Church Farm (Royston) (16.5 MW solar farm)
Croydon / Church Farm (Royston) is a 16.5 MW solar farm project in South Cambridgeshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 20 March 2015; the record was last updated on 27 April 2015.
16.5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
27 April 2015record last updated
South Cambridgeshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 October 2013 | Application submitted |
| 1 August 2014 | Planning permission granted |
| 20 January 2015 | Construction started |
| 20 March 2015 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 16.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 27 April 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Push Energy/ NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF)
- Planning authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Planning application reference
- S/2293/13/FL
- Site area
- 34.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Church Farm, Church Lane, Croydon, Royston, Hertfordshire
- Council area (by location)
- South Cambridgeshire
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1919
Who decides
| Applications | South Cambridgeshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 48 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (21%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 6 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 1.2 |
| Vine Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 45 | operational | 2.1 |
| Hoback Farm | solar farm | 13.1 | operational | 3.6 |
| Bassingbourn Solar Farm | solar farm | 14.4 | operational | 7.0 |
| Bury Lane Fruit Farm | solar farm | 24 | operational | 7.8 |
| Highfield Wind Farm | wind farm | 12.5 | appeal withdrawn | 8.0 |
| Royston Solar Farm (Phase 1) (a) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.1 |
| Royston Solar Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 8.1 |
| Skylark Meadow Solar park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.1 |
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 (52.1285, -0.0797).