Solar Farm & Battery Storage at N/O Northill Road (49.9 MW)
Solar Farm & Battery Storage at N/O Northill Road is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Bedford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 4 June 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 10 July 2025.
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10 July 2025record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 June 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 10 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- QC Ubertino Limited
- Planning authority
- Bedford
- Planning application reference
- 25/01030/MAF
- Site area
- 118.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Northill Road, Cople, Bedford
- Council area (by location)
- Bedford
- Name in REPD
- Bedford Solar, Northill Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 18335
The scheme also includes 15 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Bedford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 50 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (34%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 32 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 10 of 14 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moggerhanger Road, Sandy Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | application submitted | 4.8 |
| Lowfield Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 26.5 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
| Elstow Landfill Site | solar farm | 5.5 | under construction | 7.9 |
| Waterloo solar park | solar farm | 14.6 | operational | 8.9 |
| Langford Wind Farm | wind farm | 20 | operational | 9.5 |
| Dunton Lane | battery storage | 177 | approved, not built | 9.6 |
| Dunton Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 9.7 |
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 (52.1035, -0.3638).