Moggerhanger Road, Sandy Solar Farm (7 MW)
Moggerhanger Road, Sandy Solar Farm is a 7 MW solar farm project in Central Bedfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 10 March 2022, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 11 April 2022. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 March 2022 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 11 April 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Kach Capital Estates Limited
- Planning authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Planning application reference
- CB/22/00752/FULL
- Site area
- 5.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Moggerhanger Road, Sandy, Buntingford
- Council area (by location)
- Central Bedfordshire
- Name in REPD
- Moggerhanger Road, Sandy - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 9349
The scheme also includes 20 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Central Bedfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 59 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (14%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 16 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowfield Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 26.5 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Waterloo solar park | solar farm | 14.6 | operational | 4.2 |
| Solar Farm & Battery Storage at N/O Northill Road | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 4.8 |
| Dunton Lane | battery storage | 177 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Dunton Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Langford Wind Farm | wind farm | 20 | operational | 8.6 |
| Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
| Cobholden Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 10.0 |
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 (52.1271, -0.3055).