Kingsway Solar Melbourn Road Royston Hertfordshire
Approved on 4 February 2026
Council decision: Case CompletedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Proposed solar farm and overhead line connection to the national grid in Cambridgeshire that will generate around 500 megawatts of electricity. NORTH HERTS DISTRICT COUNCIL: ADJACENT AUTHORITY : CONSULTEE ONLY
- Received
- 7 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Not Applicable
- ReceivedReceived7 Jan
- ValidatedValidated7 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Jan
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Kingsway Solar Melbourn Road Royston Hertfordshire. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Not Applicable.
86% of outline applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Adjoining Authorities Consultation
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Applicable
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 4 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Naomi Reynard
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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