Kingsway Solar Farm Limited is proposing a Development Consent Order (DCO) to install solar photovoltaic panels and battery storage technology in the district of South Cambridgeshire, as well as associated infrastructure which will connect to the national grid. The proposals will be determined by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.
The project falls into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process defined through the Planning Act 2008 (as amended) and will be considered under Part 3 Section 14 of the legislation because the generating station is located in England and has a generating capacity of over 50 megawatts (see section 15(2) of the 2008 Act).
Responsibility for accepting and examining the NSIP application rests with the Secretary of State and not the local authorities, who are identified as statutory consultees, or ‘host’ authorities, in the NSIP process.
There are three ‘host’ authorities (Cambridgeshire County Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, and South Cambridgeshire District Council) involved in this NSIP project. The ‘host’ planning authorities intend to work together as far as possible to ensure full scrutiny of this project is undertaken.
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It is important to note that as the ‘host’ planning authorities are not the determining authorities, any correspondence in relation to this matter needs to be directed to Kingsway Solar Farm Limited in the first instance and then the Planning Inspectorate.
Please visit the Planning Inspectorate website for further details of the NSIP process for this project,
Details of proposals, including consultation documents shared late 2024, are available on the Kingsway Solar Farm Limited website.
Consultation
A non-statutory consultation (stage one consultation) was held between 31 October 2024 and 12 December 2024.
More information can be found on the Planning Inspectorate’s webpage for this project.
