Flordon Road, Bracon Ash Solar Panels & Battery Storage (24 MW)
Flordon Road, Bracon Ash Solar Panels & Battery Storage is a 24 MW solar farm project in South Norfolk, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 4 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 23 June 2026.
24 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
23 June 2026record last updated
South Norfolkcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 April 2023 | Application submitted |
| 4 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 24 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 23 June 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Ralos Projects Limited
- Planning authority
- South Norfolk
- Planning application reference
- 2023/1055
- Site area
- 28.9 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land Off Marsh Lane Bracon Ash
- Council area (by location)
- South Norfolk
- Time to decision
- 115 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Flordon Road, Bracon Ash - Solar Panels & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 14307
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | South Norfolk | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 50 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 7 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wymondham Road, Bracon Ash | battery storage | 228 | application submitted | 0.8 |
| Bracon Ash Solar | solar farm | 28.5 | under construction | 2.0 |
| Land south of Brick Kiln Road | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.2 |
| Bloy’s Grove Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Hornsea Project Three | battery storage | 300 | under construction | 3.9 |
| Lotus Manufacturing | wind farm | 6 | refused | 3.9 |
| Hall Farm, Hickling Lane | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 4.0 |
| Stoke Lane | battery storage | 130 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Norwich Substation Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
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 (52.5443, 1.2208).