The East Park Energy proposal is described by its developer as: “A new ground-mounted solar energy generating station and battery energy storage system.” The East Park plan was bought out by Brockwell Holdings from RNA Energy in March 2024. Brockwell has entered into a business partnership with a number of farmers and landowners in our area on this multimillion pound investment opportunity.
With 700,000 photovoltaic panels to be installed in a three-year construction project on a farmland site spanning 1,900 acres, the East Park Energy installation would have a power capacity of 400MW. But because of the exceptionally low ‘load factor’ of 10.2% efficiency in the UK climate, it would produce significantly less power than its capacity suggests – an average of just 40.8MW across a typical year.
Despite the fact that the solar facility would produce very low levels of electricity across the year, its capacity means it is treated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project – find out more on the planning process.
Brockwell Storage and Solar has now published its full final application on the Planning Inspectorate portal. The developer released a modified layout in September 2025:
Plans as at September 2024, showing where the developer had proposed to install solar panels and associated infrastructure, the East Park Substation, battery energy storage system facility, and other grid components, as well as access points:
Original plans developed by RNA Energy:
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