Planning application · Solar · The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
Beacon Fen Energy Park
Granted400 MWApplication EN010151Submitted 8 April 2025Granted by the Secretary of State 21 August 2026
Status as recorded in the register on 3 August 2026: Application Submitted
Newer official status: Granted development consent by the Secretary of State on 21 August 2026 (source: Planning Inspectorate, national infrastructure project EN010151, checked 9 Oct 2026)
The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero granted development consent on 21 August 2026.
The application
- Application number
- EN010151
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- County or area
- Lincolnshire
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status
- Granted development consent by the Secretary of State (newer official status; the register records Application Submitted)
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon Limited
- Location
- E/O Sleaford, Btw Heckington & Helpringham, Sleaford, NG34 7SR
Timeline
- 8 April 2025 Planning application submitted
- 21 August 2026 Granted by the Secretary of State
Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site
The pack for this site lists 89 comparable solar incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0764, Transformer smoking at solar farm in Burton Pedwardine, 6.1 km from this site.
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| EIR-0764 | 2024 | Transformer smoking at solar farm in Burton Pedwardine | 6.1 km | Minor |
| EIR-1265 | 2024 | Solar panels catch fire and destroy three buildings in Harby | 35 km | Significant |
| EIR-1155 | 2024 | Rooftop solar fire contained on a Peterborough warehouse roof | 49 km | Significant |
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 86 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Beacon Fen Energy Park from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.
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