EDF Renewables UK have received approval to build a 49.9MW solar farm on Tye Lane in Suffolk.
After an ‘extensive consultation’ between the developer and the Mid Suffolk District Council planning committee, approval was granted in December 2023 for the Tye Lane solar farm.
The solar farm will be connected to the UK electricity grid via the Bradford substation.
EDF Renewables confirmed the project will create a community benefit fund worth £20,000 which will be paid every year throughout the project’s 35year lifetime. The community benefit fund will help support more social, environmental and community projects.
Construction of the Tye Lane solar farm will begin later this year and will take between 6-9months to complete.
Darren Cuming, Head of Development at EDF Renewables UK, revealed that EDF Renewables are “very pleased” to be granted planning permission for the Tye Lane solar farm.
Cuming continued:
“In addition to the community fund, we also plan to deliver other benefits as part of the project; we will plant extensive species-rich wild flower and grass margins to enhance local biodiversity, provide further woodland blocks, new hedgerows, and install bird and bat boxes.”
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