Nowhere Lane, Norwich (40 MW solar farm)
Nowhere Lane, Norwich is a 40 MW solar farm project in Broadland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 April 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 May 2025.
40 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 May 2025record last updated
Broadlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 December 2024 | Application submitted |
| 28 April 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 28 April 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Albanwise Synergy Limited
- Planning authority
- South Norfolk
- Planning application reference
- 2024/3676
- Site area
- 62.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Nowhere Lane, Reepham, Norwich
- Council area (by location)
- Broadland
- Time to decision
- 20 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Nowhere Lane, Norwich - Solar Photovoltaic Panels
- REPD reference
- 16707
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Bridges Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Hall Road, Alderford | solar farm | 28 | refused | 5.3 |
| Guestwick | wind farm | 12 | refused | 5.3 |
| Warren Wood Energy Park Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 25 | refused | 6.1 |
| Woodforde Farm | solar farm | 9 | operational | 6.5 |
| The Old Airfield | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.3 |
| Heydon Road, Heydon | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Docking Farm Solar | solar farm | 28 | approved, not built | 7.9 |
| Oulton Airfield Solar Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.4 |
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 (52.7562, 1.0786).