Lassington Lane, Highnam Solar Farm (40 MW)
Lassington Lane, Highnam Solar Farm is a 40 MW solar farm project in Tewkesbury, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 11 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 1 September 2025.
40 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
1 September 2025record last updated
Tewkesburycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 1 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited
- Planning authority
- Tewkesbury
- Planning application reference
- 25/00566/FUL
- Site area
- 69.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Part Parcel 8900, Lassington Lane, Highnam, Gloucester
- Council area (by location)
- Tewkesbury
- Name in REPD
- Lassington Lane, Highnam - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 19389
Recorded together with Lassington Lane, Highnam (10 MW battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Tewkesbury | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 31 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 27 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 25.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highnam Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 0.9 |
| Two Mile Lane, Highnam Solar Farm | solar farm | 36 | application submitted | 1.2 |
| Maisemore Solar Farm | solar farm | 37 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Linton Court Farm, Highnam | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Murrells End Farm Solar Arrays | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 1.8 |
| Over Farm | solar farm | 9.9 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Sudmeadow Road, Hempsted | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.7 |
| Highleadon Solar Arrays & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 4.1 |
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 (51.8842, -2.2992).