Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (a) (5 MW solar farm)
Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (a) is a 5 MW solar farm project in Colchester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 23 December 2015; the record was last updated on 24 August 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
24 August 2016record last updated
Colchestercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 March 2015 | Application submitted |
| 30 June 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 October 2015 | Construction started |
| 23 December 2015 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 24 August 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Colchester
- Planning application reference
- 150614
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent Claypits Farm, Maldon Road, Birch, Colchester, Essex
- Council area (by location)
- Colchester
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5182
Who decides
| Applications | Colchester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 24 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (8%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 19 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Airfield | solar farm | 5.6 | operational | 1.3 |
| Birch Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 40 | operational | 1.8 |
| Layer Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 49 | operational | 2.9 |
| Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 5.4 |
| Highfields Farm (Colchester) | solar farm | 12.2 | operational | 6.2 |
| Skye Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Langenhoe Solar Farm | solar farm | 21.3 | operational | 9.6 |
| Beckingham Road | solar farm | 10.7 | refused | 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 (51.8433, 0.805).