Salters Lane (42 MW solar farm)
Salters Lane is a 42 MW solar farm project in Buckinghamshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 11 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 22 August 2025.
42 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
22 August 2025record last updated
Buckinghamshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 42 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 22 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Grupotec Solar Uk 9 Limited
- Planning authority
- Durham
- Planning application reference
- DM/25/01801/FPA
- Site area
- 120.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Salters Lane, Houghton Le Spring
- Council area (by location)
- Buckinghamshire
- Name in REPD
- Salters Lane - Solar Panels
- REPD reference
- 18563
The scheme also includes 18 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | County Durham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 51 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 13 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 5 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: County Durham, Durham.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derehams Farm, Derehams Lane | battery storage | 126 | application submitted | 3.3 |
| Derehams Farm, Derehams Lane | battery storage | 40 | operational | 3.3 |
| Coldmoorholme Lane Battery Storage | battery storage | 7.2 | refused | 4.6 |
| Land North of Marlow Landfill Site | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.1 |
| Mop End Farm, Mop End Lane | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 8.2 |
| Pinstone Farm, Oxford Road | battery storage | 60 | application submitted | 8.9 |
| Gerrards Cross Sewage Treatment Works | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 9.0 |
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 (51.5907, -0.6592).