Low Fen, Drove Way Solar Farm (50 MW)
Low Fen, Drove Way Solar Farm is a 50 MW solar farm project in South Cambridgeshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 14 March 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 2 May 2025.
50 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
2 May 2025record last updated
South Cambridgeshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 March 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 2 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Planning authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/01014/FUL
- Site area
- 74.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Low Fen, Drove Way, Ditton, Cambridge
- Council area (by location)
- South Cambridgeshire
- Name in REPD
- Low Fen, Drove Way - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 17359
Recorded together with Low Fen, Drove Way (battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | South Cambridgeshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 48 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (21%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 6 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket Road, Bottisham | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Great Wilbraham Solar Farm | solar farm | 38.1 | operational | 7.5 |
| Cantelupe Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.1 |
| Sawston Solar Farm (Land North of Dales Manor Business Park) | solar farm | 14 | refused on appeal | 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 (52.2196, 0.1763).