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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

The Droves (formerly Swaffham PV & BESS)

THE DROVES SOLAR FARM LIMITED at Swaffham 400KV Substation

Connection date
30 Oct 2033
Gate
Gate 1
Status
Scoping
Planning consent
Examination began 6 May 2026
The Droves Solar Farm (EN0110013) · 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-003754
In the register since
June 2023

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.

  • 30 Oct 2026 register
    Marked as Gate 1
  • 20 Jan 2026 register
    Customer changed from IGP INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTING LIMITED to THE DROVES SOLAR FARM LIMITED
  • 27 Aug 2024 register
    Renamed from Swaffham PV & BESS
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Added to the register

Also at Swaffham 400KV Substation

Substation view

No other projects in the register at this connection point.

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 or stage for this project, from the Planning Inspectorate’s list of National Infrastructure Projects. QueueWatch matched the project to that record. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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