Thursday 16 April to Thursday 28 May 2026
Mylen Leah Solar Farm is proposed between the villages of Seaton Ross, Melbourne, Laytham, Ellerton, East Cottingwith and Foggathorpe in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
If consented, Mylen Leah Solar Farm would have a capacity of approximately 500 megawatts (MW), generating enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of around 180,000 homes, helping to strengthen the UK’s energy security.
Mylen Leah Solar Farm would establish a grid connection via underground cabling to National Grid Thornton Substation, which would transfer the electricity to the national electricity network. There is no battery energy storage system (BESS) included in the proposal, meaning all the electricity produced would go directly to the national grid.
You are now invited to take part in our statutory consultation, which runs from Thursday 16 April to Thursday 28 May 2026.
Your details are important to us in helping to understand who has responded to our consultation, including any organisations and members of the local community. Please see our Data Privacy Notice at the back of this feedback form for details on how we will use your data.
Your responses to this section will help us understand more about your views on climate and energy.
We have prepared an indicative masterplan for the statutory consultation showing the proposed layout, including areas for solar photovoltaic (PV) development and ecological mitigation.
To view the site layout plan, please refer to pages 12-13 of the information booklet.
Subject to consent being granted, the earliest we expect construction to start is 2029, with a construction period of up to 36 months. The project is expected to have an operational lifetime of 50 years.
For more information on the construction, operation and decommissioning of the project, please refer to pages 20-21 of the information booklet.
Mylen Leah Solar Farm is classified as an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) development, which means we are required to assess the likely environmental effects of the project.
More information on the process, and on where to find our surveys and assessments, can be found on pages 16-21 of the information booklet.
Statkraft is proposing a community benefit fund for the operational lifetime of Mylen Leah Solar Farm.
The fund would be independently administered, with grant decisions made by a local panel of community representatives, and could support community and environmental projects in the parishes closest to the project.
More information about this can be found on page 19 of the information booklet.
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