Little Hale Fen Solar Farm (50 MW)
Little Hale Fen Solar Farm is a 50 MW solar farm project in North Kesteven, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 February 2026.
50 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
19 February 2026record last updated
North Kestevencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 September 2023 | Application submitted |
| 7 November 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 7 May 2025 | Appeal lodged |
| 13 August 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 August 2025 | Appeal allowed |
| 13 August 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- AGR Solar 2 Limited
- Planning authority
- North Kesteven
- Planning application reference
- 23/1021/FUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/R2520/W/25/3363027
- Site area
- 86.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Little Hale Fen To E/O Helpringham, Se/O Little Hale To Nw/O Bicker And Donington, Lincoln
- Council area (by location)
- North Kesteven
- Time to decision
- 100 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- Name in REPD
- Little Hale Fen - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 9586
The scheme also includes 50 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | North Kesteven | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 29 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Hale Drove, Little Hale Fen | battery storage | 99 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Vicarage Drove Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Bicker Fen | wind farm | 26.7 | operational | 2.5 |
| Bicker Drove | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Cowbridge Road, Bicker Fen | solar farm | 75 | under construction | 3.7 |
| Bicker Fen Bess, Vicarage Drove | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Heckington Fen Solar Park | solar farm | 500 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Heckington Fens | wind farm | 54 | permission expired | 6.8 |
| Neslam Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | application withdrawn | 7.0 |
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 (52.9416, -0.2551).