Wellingborough Solar Farm (8.5 MW)
Wellingborough Solar Farm is an 8.5 MW solar farm project in North Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 31 March 2014; the record was last updated on 28 November 2014.
8.5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
28 November 2014record last updated
North Northamptonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2013 | Application submitted |
| 9 October 2013 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2013 | Construction started |
| 31 March 2014 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 8.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 28 November 2014
- Operator or applicant
- Lark Energy
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- WP/2013/0372
- Site area
- 16.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Great Doddington, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
- Council area (by location)
- North Northamptonshire
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2380
Who decides
| Applications | North Northamptonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 44 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Road, Irchester Solar Farm | solar farm | 26 | operational | 1.6 |
| Vicarage Farm | battery storage | 50 | refused | 1.6 |
| Grendon Lakes, Grendon | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Grendon Road, Earls Barton | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Grendon Storage | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 4.9 |
| Green Hill Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 600 | application submitted | 5.1 |
| Quarry, Ditchford Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Stonebrig Lane | solar farm | 18.8 | refused | 6.2 |
| Sywell Road | solar farm | 5 | operational | 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 (52.2816, -0.6938).