Wood Lodge Farm, Huntingdon Road Solar Farm (50 MW)
Wood Lodge Farm, Huntingdon Road Solar Farm is a 50 MW solar farm project in North Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 12 September 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 28 September 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 |
|---|---|
| 12 September 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 28 September 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Unknown
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- NE/23/00858/FUL
- Site area
- 66.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Wood Lodge Farm, Huntingdon Road, Thrapston, Kettering
- Council area (by location)
- North Northamptonshire
- Name in REPD
- Wood Lodge Farm, Huntingdon Road - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 14269
The scheme also includes 8.8 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (refused).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxholes Farm, Roman Road | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.7 |
| RAF Molesworth Wind Farm | wind farm | 15 | refused | 2.3 |
| Colpmans Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.7 |
| Ellands Farm | wind farm | 18 | refused | 8.2 |
| Barnwell Manor Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 9.0 |
| Chelveston Renewable Energy Park | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 9.1 |
| Chelveston Renewable Energy Park Wind Farm (Bedford) | wind farm | 10 | operational | 9.6 |
| Chelveston Renewable Energy Park Solar Extension | solar farm | 19.5 | operational | 9.7 |
| Chelveston Airfield | solar farm | 16 | operational | 9.8 |
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 (52.3871, -0.4834).