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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Longfield Solar

LONGFIELD SOLAR ENERGY FARM LIMITED at Bulls Lodge 400kV Substation

Connection date
31 Oct 2028
Gate
Not stated
Status
Scoping
Planning consent
Granted 26 Jun 2023
Longfield Solar Farm (EN010118) · Source: Planning Inspectorate
Technology
Storage + Solar
Total capacity
500 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
500 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001053
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.

  • 21 Nov 2025 register
    Connection date moved from 28 Sep 2028 to 31 Oct 2028 (+1 month)
  • 29 Aug 2025 register
    Stage removed (0 MW from 31 Oct 2029)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 15 Dec 2027 to 28 Sep 2028 (+9 months)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2028 to 31 Oct 2029 (+12 months)
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    New stage added (0 MW from 31 Oct 2028)
  • 28 Jun 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2025 to 15 Dec 2027 (+32 months)
  • 28 Nov 2023 register
    Renamed from Porters Wood
  • 28 Nov 2023 register
    Connection point changed from Porters Wood 400kV to Bulls Lodge 400kV Substation
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 4 Jan 2025 to 1 Apr 2025 (+3 months)

Also at Bulls Lodge 400kV Substation

Substation view

1 other project, 1 GW still to connect at this substation in total.

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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