Tydd Solar Farm (15 MW, REPD 16512)
Tydd Solar Farm is a 15 MW battery storage project in Fenland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 3 June 2025; the record was last updated on 1 July 2025.
15 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
1 July 2025record last updated
Fenlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 May 2024 | Application submitted |
| 3 June 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 15 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 1 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited
- Planning authority
- Fenland
- Planning application reference
- F/YR24/0457/F
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Guanockgate Road, Sutton St Edmund, Spalding, Wisbech
- Council area (by location)
- Fenland
- Time to decision
- 53 weeks
- REPD reference
- 16512
Who decides
| Applications | Fenland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 49 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 23 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 21 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 23.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tydd Solar Farm | solar farm | 24.9 | refused | <0.1 |
| Tydd Solar Farm | battery storage | 15 | refused | 0.1 |
| Tydd Solar Farm | solar farm | 24.9 | refused | 0.1 |
| Delph Wind Farm | wind farm | 27 | application withdrawn | 1.1 |
| Treading Wind Farm - South Holland | wind farm | 5 | refused | 1.5 |
| Treading Wind Farm - Fenland | wind farm | 15 | refused on appeal | 2.2 |
| Fendyke Solar Farm - Extension | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 4.9 |
| Treading Bank Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 5.0 |
| Fendyke Solar Farm | solar farm | 17.6 | abandoned | 6.1 |
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 (52.6876, 0.0781).