Vicarage Lane, Diddington Solar Arrays (35 MW)
Vicarage Lane, Diddington Solar Arrays is a 35 MW solar farm project in Huntingdonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 2 August 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 24 August 2023. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 August 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 35 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 24 August 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Cell Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Planning application reference
- 23/00258/FUL
- Site area
- 45.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- North Of Vicarage Lane Diddington
- Council area (by location)
- Huntingdonshire
- Name in REPD
- Vicarage Lane, Diddington - Solar Arrays
- REPD reference
- 10156
Recorded together with Silvine Works (0.2 MW rooftop solar, approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Huntingdonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 47 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 33 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Barn Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.2 | operational | 2.6 |
| Cotton Farm | wind farm | 20 | operational | 4.1 |
| East Park Energy | solar farm | 400 | application submitted | 4.6 |
| Weald Farm, Cambridge Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Cobholden Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Caldecote Manor Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.8 |
| Woolley Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | operational | 8.2 |
| Staughton Airfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | operational | 8.3 |
| Abbotsley Country Homes, Drewels Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
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 (52.2756, -0.2502).