Planning application · Solar · Powys
Tydd Solar Farm
Application Refused25 MWApplication H19-0329-24Submitted 15 April 2024Refused 9 May 2025
The application
- Application number
- H19-0329-24
- Planning authority
- Powys
- County or area
- Cambridgeshire
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status
- Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
- Operator or applicant
- Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited
- Location
- E/O Guanockgate Road, Sutton St Edmund, Spalding, Wisbech, PE13 4PL
Timeline
- 15 April 2024 Planning application submitted
- 9 May 2025 Planning permission refused
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-1155, Rooftop solar fire contained on a Peterborough warehouse roof, 25 km from this site.
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| EIR-1155 | 2024 | Rooftop solar fire contained on a Peterborough warehouse roof | 25 km | Significant |
| EIR-0764 | 2024 | Transformer smoking at solar farm in Burton Pedwardine | 42 km | Minor |
| EIR-1262 | 2024 | Fire reported on solar-panel roof at Fitzwilliam College auditorium | 55 km | Minor |
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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.
The map
Summary for this site
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Tydd Solar Farm 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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