Land North of Horsley Cross Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage (34 MW)
Land North of Horsley Cross Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage is a 34 MW solar farm project in Tendring, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 29 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 5 September 2025.
34 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
5 September 2025record last updated
Tendringcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 34 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 5 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Mespil Solar Energy
- Planning authority
- Tendring
- Planning application reference
- 25/01056/FUL
- Site area
- 57.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- N/O A120 Horsley Cross, Colchester
- Council area (by location)
- Tendring
- Name in REPD
- Land North of Horsley Cross - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 18409
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Tendring | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 26 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (38%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 19 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wix Lodge | solar farm | 18.7 | operational | 2.6 |
| Burnt Ash Farm | solar farm | 13.5 | refused on appeal | 4.2 |
| Green Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.6 |
| Ardleigh Road, Little Bromley | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Primrose Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Chancery Farm (Ardleigh) | solar farm | 11.9 | operational | 6.4 |
| Bluegates Solar Park | solar farm | 10.5 | operational | 8.3 |
| Valley Farm | solar farm | 16 | refused on appeal | 9.5 |
| Hartley Wood Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 22.5 | approved, not built | 9.6 |
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 (51.9163, 1.0865).