Vicarage Drove Solar farm & Battery storage (49.9 MW)
Vicarage Drove Solar farm & Battery storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in South Holland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 January 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 March 2025. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 17 February 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 17 February 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 October 2021 | Application submitted |
| 23 January 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 February 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Connections Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Boston
- Planning application reference
- B/21/0443
- Site area
- 80.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Vicarage Drove, Bicker, Boston
- Council area (by location)
- South Holland
- Time to decision
- 120 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Vicarage Drove - Solar farm & Battery storage
- REPD reference
- 8517
The scheme also includes 20.5 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Boston | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 19 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicker Fen | wind farm | 26.7 | operational | 0.8 |
| Cowbridge Road, Bicker Fen | solar farm | 75 | under construction | 1.2 |
| Bicker Fen Bess, Vicarage Drove | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Bicker Drove | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Little Hale Fen Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Little Hale Drove, Little Hale Fen | battery storage | 99 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Heckington Fen Solar Park | solar farm | 500 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Neslam Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | application withdrawn | 6.9 |
| Heckington Fens | wind farm | 54 | permission expired | 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 (52.931, -0.2226).