Home Farm (Swaffham) (12 MW solar farm)
Home Farm (Swaffham) is a 12 MW solar farm project in Breckland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 18 July 2014; the record was last updated on 25 September 2014.
12 MWsolar farm
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
25 September 2014record last updated
Brecklandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 May 2014 | Application submitted |
| 18 July 2014 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 12 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 25 September 2014
- Operator or applicant
- juwi Renewable Energies
- Planning authority
- Breckland
- Planning application reference
- 3PL/2014/0272/F
- Site area
- 26.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Home Farm, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37
- Council area (by location)
- Breckland
- REPD reference
- 2172
Who decides
| Applications | Breckland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 38 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 28 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Pickenham | wind farm | 14.4 | operational | 1.5 |
| Swaffham Extension | wind farm | 12 | refused | 3.6 |
| The Droves Solar Farm | solar farm | 500 | application submitted | 6.3 |
| Burntstalk Solar Park | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 7.1 |
| Jafa, Great Dunham Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
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 (52.6374, 0.7147).