High Dyke (Mill Farm) (5 MW solar farm)
High Dyke (Mill Farm) is a 5 MW solar farm project in South Kesteven, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 March 2016; the record was last updated on 26 January 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
26 January 2017record last updated
South Kestevencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 August 2015 | Application submitted |
| 10 November 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 29 February 2016 | Construction started |
| 30 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 26 January 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Island Green Power
- Planning authority
- South Kesteven
- Planning application reference
- S15/2137
- Site area
- 16.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land west of Boothby Great Woo, High Dyke, Woodnook, Grantham
- Council area (by location)
- South Kesteven
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5581
Who decides
| Applications | South Kesteven | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 14 (35%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 9 of 31 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Tree Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Canners Lane Energy Park, High Dike | battery storage | 1,000 | application submitted | 4.6 |
| Manor Farm | battery storage | 26 | permission expired | 5.0 |
| Side Barn, Church Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 24 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Solar Farm at Welby Solar Farm | solar farm | 46 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Glebe Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 38.8 | refused | 7.9 |
| Green Lane & Cliff Lane, Gonerby Moor Solar Farm | solar farm | 23 | approved, not built | 9.1 |
| Gonerby Moor, Great Gonerby Solar Farm | solar farm | 60 | operational | 9.6 |
| Pastures Farm solar park (Gonerby Lane) | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 9.9 |
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 (52.8826, -0.5994).