Kettleburgh Road Easton Solar Panels & Battery Storage (49.9 MW)
Kettleburgh Road Easton Solar Panels & Battery Storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in East Suffolk, 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 4 September 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
4 September 2025record last updated
East Suffolkcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 4 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Quintas Cleantech
- Planning authority
- East Suffolk
- Planning application reference
- DC/25/2733/FUL
- Site area
- 90.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- North Of Kettleburgh Road Easton And Land South Of The Street Letheringham
- Council area (by location)
- East Suffolk
- Name in REPD
- Kettleburgh Road Easton - Solar Panels & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 18299
The scheme also includes 50 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | East Suffolk | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 55 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 38 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 8 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glevering Park House, Glevering Estate | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 3.1 |
| Hacheston Solar farm | solar farm | 25 | refused on appeal | 3.9 |
| Park Farm | solar farm | 21 | approved, not built | 5.3 |
| Parham Airfield (wind) | wind farm | 13.8 | abandoned | 6.4 |
| New Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
| Parham Airfield (Great Glenham) | solar farm | 17.5 | operational | 7.3 |
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 (52.165, 1.3161).