Planning application
Land South Of Knox Lane Bardwell Suffolk
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Planning application - installation and operation of a 42MW ground mounted Solar Farm with substation, CCTV, boundary fence, equipment, landscaping and necessary grid connection infrastructure
As published by the council, reference DC/25/0980/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- DC/25/0980/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 16 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 25 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Bardwell
- Parish
- Bardwell
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jun 2025
Received by West Suffolk
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25 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Suffolk took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Opdenergy UK 23 Limited Applicant, registered in Slough
Active · incorporated 2024 · Slough
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
138 documents on file for this application
- UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING
- AMENDED - TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- AMENDED - LANDSCAPE PLAN
- HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS
- AMENDED - BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN METRIC
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN - PROPOSED CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN - CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT EXISTING
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- SUNNYSIDE WYKEN ROAD - COMMENT
- SCC ARCHAEOLOGY - COMMENTS
- WSC ECOLOGY - COMMENTS
- MOAT HOUSE - COMMENTS
- PLACE SERVICES, LANDSCAPE - COMMENTS
- AMENDED - LANDSCAPE STRATEGY PLAN
- AMENDED - PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PLACE SERVICES, ECOLOGY - COMMENTS
- SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST - COMMENTS
- HISTORIC ENGLAND - FURTHER COMMENTS
- GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY REPORT
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- STAGE 1 ROAD SAFETY AUDIT AND DESIGNERS RESPONSE
- 24 WEST PARK ROAD - COMMENTS
- 21 QUAKER LANE - COMMENTS
- 21 QUAKER LANE - COMMENTS
- 21 QUAKER LANE - COMMENTS
- 85 HIGHLANDS - COMMENTS
- 23 QUAKER LANE - COMMENTS
- SIX BELLS, THE GREEN - COMMENTS
- THE HAVEN, DUKE STREET - COMMENTS
- 17 WILLOW GREEN - COMMENTS
- BARDWELL HALL - COMMENTS
- SUNNYSIDE, WYKEN ROAD - COMMENTS
- FIRWOOD, LOW STREET - FURTHER COMMENTS
- 11 CHURCH ROAD - COMMENTS
- 11 CHURCH ROAD - COMMENTS
- 6 CALTHORPE CLOSE - COMMENTS
- 12 LAMMAS CLOSE - COMMENTS
- GRINDLE COTTAGE - COMMENTS
- THATCHERS END - COMMENTS
- THATCHERS END - COMMENTS
- THE DEBENHAM, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- HAYWAIN, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- HAYWAIN, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- HAYWAIN, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- THE PIPPINS, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- THE PIPPINS, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- THE DEBENHAM, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- THE COTTAGE, 2 UP STREET - COMMENTS
- 40 THE CROFT - COMMENTS
- 40 THE CROFT - COMMENTS
- HOUSE MARTINS, KNOX LANE - COMMENTS
- ROKER, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- ROKER, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- 5 GREEN VIEW COTTAGES - COMMENTS
- 5 GREEN VIEW COTTAGES - COMMENTS
- POPLAR FALLS - COMMENTS
- POPLAR FALLS - COMMENTS
- POPLAR FALLS - COMMENTS
- BLACK WATER LANE - COMMENTS
- SIX BELLS INN - COMMENTS
- ROWAN COTTAGE - COMMENTS
- FIRWOOD, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- FIRWOOD, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- 3 HORSESHOE RISE - COMMENTS
- BANDINI, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- BLACKBOURN HOUSE - COMMENTS
- BLACKBOURN HOUSE - COMMENTS
- THE ELVEDON, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- 23 QUAKER LANE - COMMENTS
- 21 QUAKER LANE - COMMENTS
- 21 QUAKER LANE - COMMENTS
- PLACE SERVICES, ECOLOGY - COMMENTS
- BELL COTTAGE, CHURCH ROAD - COMMENTS
- CHURCH HOUSE - COMMENTS
- HAYLOFT - COMMENTS
- C/O 7 SCHOOL LANE - COMMENTS
- 7 SCHOOL LANE - COMMENT
- NEW LODGE - COMMENT
- CHAPEL COTTAGE - COMMENT
- 10 RIVERSIDE WAY - COMMENTS
- 36 THE CROFT - COMMENTS
- SUNNYSIDE - COMMENTS
- CEDARWOOD - COMMENTS
- MAPLE COTTAGE - COMMENTS
- SKY VIEW, CHARE ROAD - COMMENTS
- BARDWELL PARISH COUNCIL - COMMENTS
- CONSERVATION OFFICER - COMMENTS
- MOTHERSOLES - COMMENTS
- PLACE SERVICES, LANDSCAPE - COMMENTS
- MOAT HOUSE SPRING ROAD - COMMENTS
- HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS
- HISTORIC ENGLAND - COMMENTS
- PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - COMMENTS
- OLD GREEN MAN - COMMENTS
- BLACK BOURN VINEYARDS LTD - COMMENTS
- ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY TEAM - COMMENTS
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS
- SUFFOLK FIRE AND RESCUE - COMMENTS
- FIRWOOD, LOW STREET - COMMENTS
- PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY - COMMENTS
- FORESTRY COMMISSION - COMMENTS
- SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST - COMMENTS
- WEST ACRE LOW STREET - COMMENT
- PLACE SERVICES, TREES - COMMENTS
- IXWORTH PARISH COUNCIL - COMMENTS
- GREEN IXWORTH - COMMENTS
- CONTAMINATED LAND AND AIR QUALITY - COMMENTS
- SCC ARCHAEOLOGY - COMMENTS
- WASTE MANAGEMENT - COMMENTS
- MINERALS AND WASTE - COMMENTS
- HSE - COMMENTS
- CAMBRIDGE CITY AIRPORT - COMMENTS
- ACTIVE TRAVEL ENGLAND - COMMENTS
- ANGLIAN WATER - COMMENTS
- BNG METRIC
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- SUBSTATION HOUSING DETAIL
- SUPERSEDED - PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION
- LANDSCAPING AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- AERIAL LOCATION PLAN (VIEWPOINT 1-9) AND PHOTOGRAPHS
- AERIAL LOCATION PLAN (VIEWPOINT 10-20) S) AND PHOTOGRAPHS
- SUPERSEDED - PROPOSED SECTIONS
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- GLINT AND GLARE STUDY
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- BIODIVERSITY GAIN ASSESSMENT
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Suffolk for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Suffolk decided full applications in a median of 90 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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