Fylde Council has unanimously approved the construction of Vattenfall’s 49.9MW solar power station near Preston, Lancashire.
Vattenfall, a Swedish state-owned energy company, said it will now consider the consent decree in detail before confirming the future schedule for its Clifton Marsh project.
The company said it designed the project to deliver biodiversity benefits. As a result, Clifton Marsh delivers a net gain of 61.32% for area-specific habitats, a net gain of 14.20% for hedgerow habitats and 11.75% for watercourse habitats.
Vattenfall also confirmed that a community benefits fund is in development and that it has had early discussions with the solar plant’s local community.
A lot of Swedish The company’s activities in the United Kingdom are in the wind generation and battery energy storage sectors. In 2024 it made a group profit of around £2.6 billion. The vision that the British government has for Great British Energy is somewhat modeled on the Swedish government’s approach to operating Vattenfall, also taking cues from the governments of Denmark (Ørsted) and France (EDF).
The approval comes at a time when many developers are receiving denials, either because of politically charged anti-solar sentiment (which usually sees projects approved on appeal) or because developers The applications came in at the end of last year to meet the deadlines for a position in the new grid connection queue, that was the case published last week.
