Long Barrow Solar Farm Project (49.9 MW)
Long Barrow Solar Farm Project is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in East Cambridgeshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 16 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 29 August 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
29 August 2025record last updated
East Cambridgeshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 29 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon Solar Park 42 Limited
- Planning authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/00770/ESF
- Site area
- 80.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- N/O New England Farm, Heath Road, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge
- Council area (by location)
- East Cambridgeshire
- REPD reference
- 9129
Who decides
| Applications | East Cambridgeshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (3%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 22 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Southwest of Hightown Drove, Burwell | battery storage | 90 | refused | 0.6 |
| Burwell | battery storage | 50 | operational | 0.9 |
| Weirs Drove, Burwell | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| Reach Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Burwell Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 1.8 |
| Breach Farm Solar farm | solar farm | 67 | operational | 2.0 |
| Goose Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Goosehall Solar Farm | solar farm | 39.5 | operational | 2.1 |
| Burwell Anchor Lane Farm, Newnham Drove | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
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 (52.2781, 0.3294).