Wold Cottage Solar Farm (5 MW)
Wold Cottage Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in North Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 31 July 2015, not yet built; the record was last updated on 27 May 2020. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 31 July 2020, 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 31 July 2020, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 31 July 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 31 July 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 27 May 2020
- Operator or applicant
- First Renewable Developments
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- KET/2015/0446
- Site area
- 8.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Wold Cottage Farm, Wold Road, Burton Latimer, Kettering
- Council area (by location)
- North Northamptonshire
- Time to decision
- 9 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5269
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Wold Solar Farm | solar farm | 8.4 | permission expired | 0.2 |
| Windmill Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 0.2 |
| Top Lodge Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 0.2 |
| Latimer Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 0.2 |
| Bryant Field Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 0.5 |
| Burton Wold Wind Farm - Northern Extension | wind farm | 14.4 | operational | 0.7 |
| Burton Wold Windfarm | wind farm | 20 | operational | 1.3 |
| Burton Wold Wind Farm South | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 1.4 |
| Burton Wold Solar Farm - Site A | solar farm | 19.5 | permission expired | 1.4 |
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 (52.3655, -0.6607).