North Angle Farm (29.4 MW solar farm)
North Angle Farm is a 29.4 MW solar farm project in East Cambridgeshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction; the record was last updated on 5 December 2023.
29.4 MWsolar farm
under constructionstatus in REPD
5 December 2023record last updated
East Cambridgeshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 August 2020 | Application submitted |
| 25 November 2020 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 29.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 5 December 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Cambridgeshire County Council / Bouygues ES
- Planning authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Planning application reference
- 20/00761/CCA
- Site area
- 73.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Soham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Council area (by location)
- East Cambridgeshire
- Time to decision
- 16 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7482
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracks Farm | solar farm | 28 | operational | 0.5 |
| Triangle Solar Farm Park | solar farm | 12 | operational | 0.6 |
| Goose Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Burwell Anchor Lane Farm, Newnham Drove | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Goosehall Solar Farm | solar farm | 39.5 | operational | 3.3 |
| Anchor Lane, Burwell | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Breach Farm Solar farm | solar farm | 67 | operational | 4.1 |
| Burwell Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 4.4 |
| Burwell | battery storage | 50 | operational | 4.9 |
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 (52.3227, 0.3158).