New Road Solar Farm (5 MW)
New Road Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in South Norfolk, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 December 2016; the record was last updated on 23 September 2020.
5 MWsolar farm
under constructionstatus in REPD
23 September 2020record last updated
South Norfolkcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 July 2015 | Application submitted |
| 2 November 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2016 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 23 September 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Solar Century/ Bluefield Solar
- Planning authority
- South Norfolk
- Planning application reference
- 2015/1678
- Site area
- 9.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adj A47 And North Of, New Road, Bawburgh, Norwich
- Council area (by location)
- South Norfolk
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5543
Who decides
| Applications | South Norfolk | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 50 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 7 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glebe Horsford Solar Farm | solar farm | 18 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Mulbarton Road, Keswick | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 7.0 |
| Colton Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage | solar farm | 30 | under construction | 7.3 |
| Colton Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage | battery storage | 30 | under construction | 7.3 |
| Hornsea Project Three | battery storage | 300 | under construction | 7.8 |
| Land East of White Horse Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.2 |
| White Horse Lane (Trowse) - Phase 2 | solar farm | 9 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Hall Farm, Hickling Lane | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 8.3 |
| Bracon Ash Solar | solar farm | 28.5 | under construction | 8.6 |
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 (52.6383, 1.1975).