Tydd Solar Farm (24.9 MW, REPD 16265)
Tydd Solar Farm is a 24.9 MW solar farm project in Fenland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 9 May 2025; the record was last updated on 2 June 2025.
24.9 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
2 June 2025record last updated
Fenlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 April 2024 | Application submitted |
| 9 May 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 24.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 2 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited
- Planning authority
- Powys
- Planning application reference
- H19-0329-24
- Site area
- 74.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Guanockgate Road, Sutton St Edmund, Spalding, Wisbech
- Council area (by location)
- Fenland
- Time to decision
- 56 weeks
- REPD reference
- 16265
Who decides
| Applications | Powys | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 42 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 15 (36%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 12 of 24 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 78.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 3 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: DECC (S36), Powys.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tydd Solar Farm | battery storage | 15 | refused | <0.1 |
| Tydd Solar Farm | solar farm | 24.9 | refused | 0.1 |
| Tydd Solar Farm | battery storage | 15 | refused | 0.1 |
| Delph Wind Farm | wind farm | 27 | application withdrawn | 1.1 |
| Treading Wind Farm - South Holland | wind farm | 5 | refused | 1.6 |
| Treading Wind Farm - Fenland | wind farm | 15 | refused on appeal | 2.2 |
| Fendyke Solar Farm - Extension | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 5.0 |
| Treading Bank Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 5.0 |
| Fendyke Solar Farm | solar farm | 17.6 | abandoned | 6.2 |
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 (52.6871, 0.0786).