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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

West Burton Solar Project

WEST BURTON SOLAR PROJECT LIMITED at West Burton 400kV Substation

Connection date
31 Oct 2028 −1 month since 9 Dec
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
Planning consent
Granted 24 Jan 2025
West Burton Solar Project (EN010132) · Source: Planning Inspectorate
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 7a
Technology
Storage + Solar
Total capacity
480 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
480 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-000561
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

What would CMP470’s commitment fee do to a battery like this? See the use case: Will CMP470’s commitment fee clear the battery queue?

Change history

Every change to this project across 151 registers from 29 Jan 2021 to 5 Nov 2026.

  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Nov 2028 to 31 Oct 2028 (−1 month)
  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 28 Apr 2023 register
    Renamed from Laughton Solar Park
  • 31 Jan 2023 register
    Customer changed from LAUGHTON SOLAR PARK LIMITED to West Burton Solar Project Limited
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Renamed from West Burton Solar Park
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Customer changed from West Burton Solar Project Limited to LAUGHTON SOLAR PARK LIMITED
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from West Burton 400kV to West Burton 400kV Substation)
  • 29 Nov 2022 register
    Renamed from Laughton Solar Park
  • 29 Nov 2022 register
    Customer changed from LAUGHTON SOLAR PARK LIMITED to West Burton Solar Project Limited

Also at West Burton 400kV Substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 1.6 GW still to connect at this substation in total. 500 MW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 31 Oct 2028.

Status definitions (NESO)

Scoping: NESO is not aware that a planning application has been made.

Awaiting Consents: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that a planning application has been made.

Consents Approved: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that the planning application has been approved.

Terminated: used by NESO only in its register of 30 April 2021, for two projects that left the register the next month.

These statuses are NESO’s, not QueueWatch’s, and NESO describes them as “as far as we are aware”, so a project may be further along than its status shows.

Source: NESO

Planning consent

The planning decision for this project, from the Planning Inspectorate. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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Contract for Difference

The Contracts for Difference allocation round for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition. QueueWatch matched the project to that record.

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