Little Crow Solar Park (150 MW)
Little Crow Solar Park is a 150 MW solar farm project in North Lincolnshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 April 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 April 2022. As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State responsible for energy at the time on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010101).
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 December 2020 | Application submitted |
| 5 April 2022 | Development consent granted (Secretary of State) |
| 5 April 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 150 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 April 2022
- Operator or applicant
- INRG Solar
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application reference
- EN010101
- Address (REPD)
- Land located 0.6km to the east of the British Steel site at Scunthorpe,
- Council area (by location)
- North Lincolnshire
- Time to decision
- 70 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- REPD reference
- 6557
The scheme also includes 90 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Official project record at the Planning Inspectorate (EN010101)
Who decides
As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State responsible for energy at the time on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010101). All Energy Secretary decisions on solar and wind farms. The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure refused 7% of 46 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 73 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raventhorpe Lodge (Sweeting Thorns) | solar farm | 25 | permission expired | 2.4 |
| Winterton Road | battery storage | 95 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Raventhorpe Farm | solar farm | 38 | operational | 3.1 |
| Bagmoor | wind farm | 16 | operational | 6.5 |
| Manton Manor Solar Farm | solar farm | 27 | refused on appeal | 6.5 |
| North Wharf Solar Farm | solar farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 7.0 |
| Flixborough Industrial Estate | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.0 |
| Winterton Road, Roxby Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 7.0 |
| North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
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 (53.5765, -0.6188).