Land Off Folly Lane (5 MW solar farm)
Land Off Folly Lane is a 5 MW solar farm project in East Lindsey, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 7 March 2016; the record was last updated on 28 July 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
28 July 2016record last updated
East Lindseycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 17 September 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 January 2016 | Construction started |
| 7 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 28 July 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Solar Century/ Bluefield Solar
- Planning authority
- East Lindsey
- Planning application reference
- S/203/01106/15
- Site area
- 8.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land Off, Folly Lane, Stickney, Boston, Lincolnshire
- Council area (by location)
- East Lindsey
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5483
Who decides
| Applications | East Lindsey | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 49 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (22%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 11 of 15 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallows Lane Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
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 (53.1061, -0.0199).