Kentish Farm 2 Solar Farm (16.5 MW)
Kentish Farm 2 Solar Farm is a 16.5 MW solar farm project in Braintree, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 10 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 28 August 2025.
16.5 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
28 August 2025record last updated
Braintreecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 16.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 28 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Push Energy
- Planning authority
- Braintree
- Planning application reference
- 25/01553/FUL
- Site area
- 29.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Kentishes Farm, Kentish Farm Road, Stisted, Braintree
- Council area (by location)
- Braintree
- Name in REPD
- Kentish Farm 2 - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 15318
Recorded together with Kentish Farm 2 (22.5 MW battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Braintree | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 34 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 25 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentishes Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 0.2 |
| Braintree Road, Cressing | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 3.9 |
| Cressing East Solar Farm | solar farm | 24.9 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 35 | operational | 4.7 |
| Gosfield Airfield | solar farm | 12.6 | operational | 5.9 |
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.2 |
| Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 18 | abandoned | 7.2 |
| Cressing Farm, Witham Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 13.8 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
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 (51.9052, 0.6046).