Plan: The project comprises the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of a solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generating station and associated development, including a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), ancillary infrastructure, customer substations and Grid Connection Infrastructure (including a new National Grid Substation). The project will have a generating capacity of 500MW
Reported status and procurement
Reported development
This project is at the examination stage. During the examination stage, anyone who has registered to have their say can submit comments at the deadlines set out in the examination timetable. You may also attend hearings, if hearings are held.
Procurement availability
Unknown / not established
A source report alone does not establish current progress or an open buying window.
Project summary
East Pye Solar is a proposed 500MW solar PV generating station with associated development, including battery storage and grid connection infrastructure. The proposed sites are south of Norwich and north of Harleston, with solar sites east of Long Stratton and a further cluster south of Great Moulton. The Planning Inspectorate source observation dated 1 October 2026 described the project as at examination stage.
Evidence limits and unknowns
The examination-stage status is dated to the 1 October 2026 source observation; later project progress has not been verified.
The supplied source does not establish a budget, appointed contractor, supplier package availability or an open procurement opportunity; the buying window is unknown.
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Project metadata
Country
United Kingdom Based on reviewed release evidence
Region
Europe
Category
Energy Derived from released evidence
Physical assets
Battery Storage, Electricity Transmission, Solar PV
Based on this release's supporting evidence. Unresolved fields remain unclassified; these labels do not establish current progress or a buying window.
Released facts and supporting evidence
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Project name
Source reported
East Pye Solar
Attributed to Planning Inspectorate.
Source: Planning Inspectorate · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-01
Sources and evidence · Planning Inspectorate
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-01
The project comprises the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of a solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generating station and associated development, including a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), ancillary infrastructure, customer substations and Grid Connection Infrastructure (including a new National Grid Substation). The project will have a generating capacity of 500MW
Attributed to Planning Inspectorate.
Source: Planning Inspectorate · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-01
Sources and evidence · Planning Inspectorate
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-01
This project is at the examination stage. During the examination stage, anyone who has registered to have their say can submit comments at the deadlines set out in the examination timetable. You may also attend hearings, if hearings are held.
Attributed to Planning Inspectorate.
Source: Planning Inspectorate · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-01
Sources and evidence · Planning Inspectorate
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-01
The project is proposed as being built across multiple sites approximately 1,100 hectares (2,718 acres) in area, located south of Norwich and north of Harleston. The solar sites are concentrated east of Long Stratton, with an additional cluster located south of Great Moulton, approximately 6.5km to the southwest of the solar sites around Long Stratton.
Attributed to Planning Inspectorate.
Source: Planning Inspectorate · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-01
Sources and evidence · Planning Inspectorate
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-01
Prior and superseded states remain labelled. Dates below identify source publication when known, otherwise source observation. They are not assumed event dates; each fact retains its own time qualifications.
No material timeline events have been released.
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