Our Proposals

British Solar Renewable’s proposals for Tewes Farm Solar Park on land at Tewes Farm, Thaxted Road, Little Sampford, CB10 2SA, would deliver the following:

• It will assist Uttlesford District Council to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with local and national targets. Uttlesford District Council declared a Climate Emergency in July 2019.

• A secure and stable supply of electricity to help meet the Government's target of net zero by 2050. 

• Enhancement to Biodiversity – net gain of at least 60% (minimum government net gain required 10%). This is usually done through the planting of new hedgerows, gapping up of existing ones and planting wildflower meadows.

• Temporary development – after 40 years, the infrastructure will be removed, and agricultural use reinstated. If granted consent, decommissioning of the site is guaranteed as part of the planning condition.

• The proposed development would power approximately 20,436 homes and remove 18,100 tonnes of Co2 from the atmophere.

• Generation of Business Rates to Local Council – additional income can be used by the Council to fund Council run local services. 

• Given that the site is temporary, and farming activity is hard on the land, the fallow years brought about by the provision of solar on the site will provide will contribute to improving the soil quality and the condition of the land for agriculture in the future.