East Yorkshire Solar Farm (400 MW)
East Yorkshire Solar Farm is a 400 MW solar farm project in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 9 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 29 July 2025. As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010143).
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 9 May 2025 | Development consent granted (Secretary of State) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 29 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Boom Power
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application reference
- EN010143
- Site area
- 1,276.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Howden, Goole
- Council area (by location)
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 76 weeks
- REPD reference
- 11678
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Official project record at the Planning Inspectorate (EN010143)
Who decides
As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010143). All Energy Secretary decisions on solar and wind farms. The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure refused 7% of 46 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 73 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixpenny Wood Windfarm | wind farm | 33 | operational | 3.7 |
| Rusholme Grange | battery storage | 40 | operational | 5.0 |
| Spaldington Common wind cluster | wind farm | 5 | refused | 5.2 |
| Rusholme Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | operational | 5.7 |
| Spaldington Airfield | wind farm | 12.5 | operational | 6.9 |
| River Valley Wind farm | wind farm | 18 | refused | 7.4 |
| Charity Farm | wind farm | 32 | application withdrawn | 7.8 |
| Goole Fields ll Wind Farm | wind farm | 34.9 | operational | 7.9 |
| Hales Lane | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
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 (53.7469, -0.8654).