Wales End Road, Cavendish Solar Farm (12.5 MW)
Wales End Road, Cavendish Solar Farm is a 12.5 MW solar farm project in West Suffolk, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 14 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 22 August 2025.
12.5 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
22 August 2025record last updated
West Suffolkcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 12.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 22 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Noventum Power Limited
- Planning authority
- West Suffolk
- Planning application reference
- DC/25/1027/FUL
- Site area
- 20.2 ha
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Wales End Road, Cavendish, Sudbury
- Council area (by location)
- West Suffolk
- Name in REPD
- Wales End Road, Cavendish - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 15751
Recorded together with Wales End Road, Cavendish (10 MW battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | West Suffolk | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 38 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 33 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claredown Farm | battery storage | 20 | operational | 4.6 |
| Pentlow Hill | solar farm | 24 | operational | 4.6 |
| Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul | solar farm | 50 | under construction | 6.7 |
| Big Deere Lodge | solar | 6 | refused | 6.8 |
| Broxted Solar Farm (Stradishall Airfield) | solar farm | 31.6 | operational | 7.5 |
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 (52.1114, 0.6217).