Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre (5.8 MW solar farm)
Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre is a 5.8 MW solar farm project in Northumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 8 December 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 2 February 2026.
5.8 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
2 February 2026record last updated
Northumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 December 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 2 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Northumberland
- Planning application reference
- 25/04321/RENE
- Site area
- 11.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre, Seaton Delaval, Cramlington
- Council area (by location)
- Northumberland
- Name in REPD
- Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre - Solar Panels
- REPD reference
- 20272
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Northumberland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 82 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 31 (38%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 25 of 34 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 33.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 10 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre -Solar Panels | solar farm | 5.8 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Backworth Lane, Backworth Solar Farm | solar farm | 28 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Aesica Pharmaceuticals | wind farm | 6 | refused | 3.9 |
| Low Horton | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Tynemouth Energy Storage System (TESS) | battery storage | 25 | operational | 4.6 |
| Benton Lane, Quorum Business Park | solar farm | 8 | application submitted | 5.5 |
| Low Horton Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Standby Embedded Stor Power Plant | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 7.4 |
| Broadway House Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
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 (55.063, -1.5361).