Newmarket Road, Bottisham (49.9 MW solar farm)
Newmarket Road, Bottisham is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in East Cambridgeshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 December 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 February 2026.
49.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 February 2026record last updated
East Cambridgeshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 November 2022 | Application submitted |
| 21 December 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 December 2026 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Ridge Clean Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Planning application reference
- 22/01291/ESF
- Site area
- 76.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Six Oaks Renewable Energy Park Newmarket Road Bottisham
- Council area (by location)
- East Cambridgeshire
- Time to decision
- 57 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- Name in REPD
- Newmarket Road, Bottisham - Solar Array
- REPD reference
- 10485
The scheme also includes 50 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Wilbraham Solar Farm | solar farm | 38.1 | operational | 3.6 |
| Exning | solar farm | 29.9 | operational | 5.9 |
| Wadlow Wind Farm | wind farm | 26 | operational | 6.0 |
| Reach Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Weirs Drove, Burwell | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Land Southwest of Hightown Drove, Burwell | battery storage | 90 | refused | 7.0 |
| Low Fen, Drove Way Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 7.3 |
| Burwell | battery storage | 50 | operational | 7.3 |
| Long Barrow Solar Farm Project | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 7.6 |
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 (52.2161, 0.2829).