Ld At Lawrence End Park &, Dane Street (5 MW solar farm)
Ld At Lawrence End Park &, Dane Street is a 5 MW solar farm project in Central Bedfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 19 December 2015; the record was last updated on 22 February 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
22 February 2016record last updated
Central Bedfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 March 2015 | Application submitted |
| 26 June 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 October 2015 | Construction started |
| 19 December 2015 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 22 February 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Luton
- Planning application reference
- 15/00845/1
- Address (REPD)
- Land At Lawrence End Park &, Dane Street, To The E Of Birch Spring, Luton, Bedfordshire
- Council area (by location)
- Central Bedfordshire
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5142
Who decides
Luton has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land North of Chiltern Greeen | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.4 |
| Chiltern Green Road | solar farm | 10 | application withdrawn | 1.5 |
| Wandon End Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Three Houses Lane | solar farm | 11.3 | refused | 7.8 |
| Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.8 |
| Rush Green Motors | battery storage | 50 | application withdrawn | 8.5 |
| Watling Street, Caddington Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.7 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
| St Ippolyts Solar Farm & Battery Storage | battery storage | 12.5 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
| St Ippolyts Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
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 (51.8733, -0.3578).