Station Road, Tivetshall St Margaret (20 MW solar farm)
Station Road, Tivetshall St Margaret is a 20 MW solar farm project in South Norfolk, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 June 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 23 February 2026.
20 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
23 February 2026record last updated
South Norfolkcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 December 2024 | Application submitted |
| 30 June 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 June 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 23 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited
- Planning authority
- South Norfolk
- Planning application reference
- 2024/3817
- Site area
- 38.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- North Of Station Road Tivetshall St Margaret
- Council area (by location)
- South Norfolk
- Time to decision
- 27 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- Name in REPD
- Station Road, Tivetshall St Margaret - Solar PV Panels
- REPD reference
- 16035
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tivetshall St Mary Wind Farm | wind farm | 9 | application withdrawn | 1.0 |
| Semere Lane, Dickleburgh Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.2 |
| Upper Vaunces Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | refused | 3.5 |
| Pulham Airfield | wind farm | 14 | application withdrawn | 3.7 |
| Market Lane And Carr Lane, Great Moulton | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 4.2 |
| East Pye Solar Farm | solar farm | 500 | application submitted | 5.7 |
| Hill Farm, Wacton Road | battery storage | 120 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Solar Farm at Marsh Lane Solar Farm At Land North Of Lion Road Palgrave | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
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 (52.4342, 1.1879).