Sywell Road (5 MW solar farm)
Sywell Road is a 5 MW solar farm project in North Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 23 March 2017; the record was last updated on 5 July 2018.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
5 July 2018record last updated
North Northamptonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 June 2014 | Application submitted |
| 29 October 2014 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 December 2015 | Construction started |
| 23 March 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 5 July 2018
- Operator or applicant
- NESF (formerly Lark Energy)
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- WP/14/00368/FUL
- Site area
- 24.2 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land off, Sywell Road, Mears Ashby, Northampton, Northamptonshire
- Council area (by location)
- North Northamptonshire
- Time to decision
- 21 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1910
Who decides
| Applications | North Northamptonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 44 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hill Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 600 | application submitted | 1.6 |
| Stonebrig Lane | solar farm | 18.8 | refused | 3.3 |
| Hall Farm (Hannington) | solar farm | 10.9 | permission expired | 4.8 |
| Grendon Road, Earls Barton | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 6.0 |
| Wellingborough Solar Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | operational | 6.2 |
| Grendon Lakes, Grendon | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Vicarage Farm | battery storage | 50 | refused | 7.7 |
| London Road, Irchester Solar Farm | solar farm | 26 | operational | 7.8 |
| Brixworth Landfill, Scaldwell Road Solar Array & Battery Storage | solar farm | 5.6 | application submitted | 8.3 |
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 (52.3033, -0.7775).