West Fen Farm, Whitemoor Road Solar Farm (49.8 MW)
West Fen Farm, Whitemoor Road Solar Farm is a 49.8 MW solar farm project in Fenland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 30 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 July 2025.
49.8 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
14 July 2025record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited
- Planning authority
- Fenland
- Planning application reference
- F/YR25/0413/F
- Site area
- 109.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- West Fen Farm, Whitemoor Road, March
- Council area (by location)
- Fenland
- Name in REPD
- West Fen Farm, Whitemoor Road - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 15271
Recorded together with West Fen Farm, Whitemoor Road (30 MW battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Fenland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 49 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 23 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 21 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 23.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boardinghouse Wind Farm | wind farm | 10.3 | operational | 3.3 |
| Knights End Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 3.8 |
| Coldham | wind farm | 16 | operational | 5.0 |
| Stags Holt | wind farm | 18 | operational | 5.3 |
| Ranson Moor (phase 1) | wind farm | 6 | operational | 5.8 |
| Floods Ferry Farm | wind farm | 18 | refused on appeal | 5.9 |
| Turves Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.1 |
| Burnt House Farm | wind farm | 6 | operational | 6.1 |
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 (52.5636, 0.046).