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Solar planning in Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire has decided 32 solar farms and approved 97% of them, taking a median of 3.2 months to decide. Consented capacity: 229 MW. 8 applications still awaiting a decision.
How Central Bedfordshire compares
Against the 298 UK authorities with 5+ solar decisions, Central Bedfordshire sits in the 52nd percentile for approval rate (4 points above the England average) and the 27th percentile for speed.
Decisions by year
Solar decisions by the year the decision was issued (Renewable Energy Planning Database). Withdrawn and still-undecided applications are excluded, so a short bar can mean a quiet year rather than a strict council.
Every recorded scheme (49)
| Scheme | MW | Status | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
Tesco Stores, New Road - Solar Panels Tesco Plc · CB/25/03763/PASP | 0.27 | Application Submitted | 2025-12-10 |
Aco Technologies Plc, Hitchin Road - Solar Panels Potentia Engineering Limited · CB/25/02932/PASP · 1.5 mo to decide | 0.25 | Awaiting Construction | 2025-12-02 |
Lowfield Farm - Solar Farm Renewable Connections Developments Limited · CB/24/03703/FULL · 9.6 mo to decide | 26.5 | Awaiting Construction | 2025-11-03 |
Stone Lane Quarry, Woburn Road - Solar Array Area Arnold White Estates Limited · CB/25/02340/FULL | 5.1 | Application Submitted | 2025-08-21 |
Watling Street, Caddington - Solar Farm Chiltern Renewables Hockliffe Limited · CB/24/02069/FULL · 13 mo to decide | 19.69 | Awaiting Construction | 2025-08-14 |
Greenfield Road - Samphill Solar Farm Anesco Limited · CB/25/02017/FULL | 38.37 | Application Submitted | 2025-06-23 |
Panattoni Park, Luton Road - Solar Panels Saber Renewable Energy Limited · CB/25/00701/PASP · 1.4 mo to decide | 2.3 | Awaiting Construction | 2025-04-15 |
J PAO, Humphrys Road - Solar Panels J Pao & Co limited · CB/25/00482/PASP · 1.3 mo to decide | 0.36 | Awaiting Construction | 2025-03-26 |
Vinci Technology Centre, Leighton Road - Solar Panels Vinci Technology Centre UK Limited · CB/24/02765/PASP · 1.4 mo to decide | 0.33 | Awaiting Construction | 2024-11-04 |
Prologis DC4 Marston Gate, Brockley Way - Solar Panels Prologis UK Limited · CB/24/00833/PASP · 1.8 mo to decide | 0.35 | Awaiting Construction | 2024-05-16 |
Stratton Business Park, Pegasus Drive - Solar Panels ABRDN · CB/24/00832/PASP · 1.6 mo to decide | — | Awaiting Construction | 2024-05-09 |
Lister House, Blackburn Road - Solar Panels Helapet Limited · CB/24/00731/PASP · 1.4 mo to decide | 0.15 | Awaiting Construction | 2024-04-25 |
Brogborough Landfill, Lidlington - Solar PV park Infinis Solar Developments Limited · CB/22/00548/MW · 25.7 mo to decide | 40 | Awaiting Construction | 2024-04-23 |
Astral Green - Wind Turbine, Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage System Arnold White Estates Limited · CB/23/03278/FULL · 4.5 mo to decide | 2.09 | Awaiting Construction | 2024-04-08 |
Endoline Machinery Limited, Stratton Business Park - Solar Panels Abrdn · CB/24/00440/PASP | 0.69 | Application Withdrawn | 2024-03-25 |
Old Warden Aerodrome, Old Warden Park - Solar Panels The Richard Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust · CB/23/04006/PASP · 1.4 mo to decide | 0.23 | Awaiting Construction | 2024-01-26 |
Leighton Linslade Water Recycling Centre - PV Array Anglian Water Services Limited · CB/23/03596/LDCP · 1.4 mo to decide | 0.45 | Awaiting Construction | 2023-12-21 |
Old Warden Park, Old Warden - Solar PV The Richard Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust · CB/23/03455/PASP | 0.26 | Application Withdrawn | 2023-11-29 |
Watling Street, Caddington - Solar Farm Chiltern Renewables Hockliffe Limited · CB/23/03583/OUT | 19.69 | Revised | 2023-11-17 |
Aggregate Industries, Grovebury Road - Solar Panels Aggregate Industries UK Limited · CB/23/02414/PASP | 0.3 | Application Withdrawn | 2023-07-27 |
Chalgrave Manor, Luton Road - Solar Farm Aton Energy · CB/22/04302/FULL · 6.1 mo to decide | 40 | Awaiting Construction | 2023-05-19 |
University Way, Cranfield - Solar Array Cranfield University · CB/22/04054/FULL · 3.3 mo to decide | 0.88 | Operational | 2023-03-02 |
Leighton Road & Hawthorn - Solar Panels Econergy International Limited · CB/22/04934/FULL | 20 | Application Submitted | 2023-02-28 |
G And M Growers, Hitchin Road - Solar Photovoltaics Panels G & M Growers Limited · CB/22/04796/PASP · 2.3 mo to decide | 0.2 | Awaiting Construction | 2023-02-22 |
Greenfield Road - Samphill Solar Farm Anesco Limited · CB/21/02583/FULL | 43.45 | Revised | 2022-07-30 |
Tebworth - Solar Farm Sundon Green Limited · CB/21/04219/FULL · 8.3 mo to decide | — | Under Construction | 2022-05-30 |
Moggerhanger Road, Sandy - Solar Farm Kach Capital Estates Limited · CB/22/00752/FULL | 7 | Application Submitted | 2022-03-10 |
Grounds Farm - Solar farm Encavis · CB/21/01571/FULL · 6.4 mo to decide | 20 | Awaiting Construction | 2021-10-19 |
Cranfield University - Solar Farm Cranfield University · CB/21/01231/FULL · 7 mo to decide | 0.44 | Operational | 2021-08-23 |
Trinity Hall Solar Farm European Energy Photovoltaics Limited · CB/21/00437/FULL · 2.7 mo to decide | 15 | Under Construction | 2021-05-05 |
Unit B, Chiltern Park Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Fine Foods International Manufacturing Limited · CB/21/00157/PASP · 1.8 mo to decide | 0.37 | Awaiting Construction | 2021-03-16 |
Double Arches Solar Array Checkley Wood Energy · CB/20/01505/FULL · 6.3 mo to decide | 1.9 | Planning Permission Expired | 2020-11-27 |
Chalgrave Manor Solar Farm R Upchurch & Partners · CB/20/03856/FULL | 30 | Revised | 2020-11-02 |
Cranfield Airfield Cranfield Univsersity · CB/17/04925/FULL · 31.5 mo to decide | 1 | Operational | 2020-05-28 |
Flamingo Flowers Standard Life Investments Property Holdings · CB/19/03775/FULL | 0.5 | Application Withdrawn | 2020-05-12 |
Boscombe Road (Unit DC1) Amazon UK Services / Push Energy · CB/18/02801/FULL | 1.3 | Planning Permission Expired | 2018-08-29 |
Vauxhall Motors Perpetum Sun · CB/15/03550/FULL · 1.5 mo to decide | 5 | Abandoned | 2015-11-05 |
Unit DC1 Prologis Solar Sense · CB/15/03890/LDON · 3.2 mo to decide | 1.1 | Abandoned | 2015-10-15 |
Chiltern Green Road Lightsource Renewable Energy · CB/15/01285/FULL | 10 | Application Withdrawn | 2015-06-30 |
Land North of Chiltern Greeen Lightsource Renewable Energy · CB/15/01204/FULL · 3 mo to decide | 5 | Operational | 2015-06-26 |
Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2) Emsrayne Limited · CB/14/04064 · 3.4 mo to decide | 5 | Operational | 2015-02-02 |
Clayhill Farm Anesco · CB/14/03419/FULL · 4.9 mo to decide | 10 | Operational | 2015-01-29 |
Chalgrave Manor R C Upchurch & Partners · CB/14/01480/FULL · 5 mo to decide | 24.6 | Abandoned | 2015-01-27 |
Manor Farm Lightsource Renewable Energy · CB/14/03113/FULL · 5.2 mo to decide | 5 | Operational | 2015-01-23 |
Tilsworth A Rosen Invest APS · CB/14/03129/FULL | 20.3 | Application Withdrawn | 2014-12-02 |
Faldo Farm Faldo Solar Farm Ltd · CB/14/02447/FULL · 2.8 mo to decide | 10.8 | Application Refused | 2014-09-25 |
Waterloo solar park Lightsource Renewable Energy · CB/13/03549/FULL · 6.1 mo to decide | 14.6 | Operational | 2014-04-30 |
Langford Solar Farm Lark Energy · CB/13/02288/FULL · 2.9 mo to decide | 13 | Operational | 2013-09-24 |
Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 1) Raybridge Corporation · CB/11/00455/FULL · 3.4 mo to decide | 3 | Operational | 2011-05-24 |
Does Central Bedfordshire approve solar farms?
Yes — of the 32 solar farms Central Bedfordshire has decided, 97% were approved (31 granted, 1 refused). The UK-wide rate for solar is 93%.
How long does a solar farm application take in Central Bedfordshire?
The median time from application to decision is 3.2 months, against a UK median of 2.3 months for solar. That is measured between the submission and decision dates recorded in REPD, so it reflects the whole determination period including any extensions.
How much solar capacity has Central Bedfordshire consented?
229 MW has been consented across 31 approved schemes, with 11 MW refused. A further 8 applications awaits a decision.
Other technologies in Central Bedfordshire
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0 — 2026 Q1 extract. Approval rate is over decided applications only (approved ÷ approved+refused); withdrawn and undecided schemes are excluded. A permission later expired still counts as approved because consent was granted. REPD covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above, is published quarterly, and does not record refusal reasons — so nothing here explains why a scheme was refused. Screening context for site selection, not planning advice.
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