Goose Hall Solar Farm (5 MW)
Goose Hall Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in East Cambridgeshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 19 March 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 1 September 2021. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 19 March 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 19 March 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 December 2020 | Application submitted |
| 19 March 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 19 March 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 1 September 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource BP
- Planning authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Planning application reference
- 20/01654/FUL
- Site area
- 0.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Goose Hall Farm Factory Road, Burwell Cambridge
- Council area (by location)
- East Cambridgeshire
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- REPD reference
- 9528
Who decides
| Applications | East Cambridgeshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (3%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 22 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burwell Anchor Lane Farm, Newnham Drove | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Goosehall Solar Farm | solar farm | 39.5 | operational | 0.8 |
| Anchor Lane, Burwell | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Burwell Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 1.7 |
| Burwell | battery storage | 50 | operational | 1.9 |
| Breach Farm Solar farm | solar farm | 67 | operational | 2.0 |
| Long Barrow Solar Farm Project | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 2.1 |
| Weirs Drove, Burwell | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 2.4 |
| Bracks Farm | solar farm | 28 | operational | 2.6 |
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 (52.2957, 0.3203).