Felsted School Road Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storage (49.9 MW)
Felsted School Road Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Braintree, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 September 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 September 2023.
49.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
28 September 2023record last updated
Braintreecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 January 2021 | Application submitted |
| 5 September 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 September 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 September 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Clearstone Energy
- Planning authority
- Uttlesford
- Planning application reference
- UTT/22/0007/FUL
- Site area
- 114.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- E/O School Road And Main Road, Felsted School Road, Felsted, Uttlesford
- Council area (by location)
- Braintree
- Time to decision
- 139 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storage
- REPD reference
- 9069
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Uttlesford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (31%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 24 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 11 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 3 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: Essex, Uttlesford.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drapers Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 6 | operational | 0.8 |
| Slamseys Energy Storage | battery storage | 10 | under construction | 1.2 |
| Braintree Road, Cressing | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 4.9 |
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.6 |
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 18 | abandoned | 6.6 |
| Cressing East Solar Farm | solar farm | 24.9 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Cressing Farm, Witham Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 13.8 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 35 | operational | 7.9 |
| Kentishes Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.3 |
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 (51.8574, 0.5095).