East Riding of Yorkshire - Humberhead Solar Farm Public Consultation

SECTION 48 OF THE PLANNING ACT 2008

REGULATION 4 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

(APPLICATIONS: PRESCRIBED FORMS AND PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS 2009

NOTICE PUBLICISING A PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER (‘DCO’) FOR HUMBERHEAD SOLAR

1) Notice is hereby given that Humberhead Solar Limited (the ‘Applicant’) of Unit 25.7 Coda Studios, 189 Munster Road, London, United Kingdom, SW6 6AW intends to make an application (the ‘Application’) to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero for a DCO under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 (the ‘Act’). The Application is described below, and the Applicant anticipates making the Application in the summer of 2027.

2) The Applicant has a duty to publicise the Application under section 48 of the Act in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009. In accordance with this, this notice summarises the main proposals and provides details of the consultation being undertaken.

The Proposed Scheme

3) Humberhead Solar (the ‘Scheme’) will consist of the construction, operation (including maintenance), and decommissioning of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (‘PV’) electricity generating station in excess of 100 megawatts, and associated development comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (‘BESS’), grid connection infrastructure and other infrastructure integral to the Scheme. The Point of Connection (‘PoC’) for the Scheme to the National Grid will be at the National Grid Thornton 400kV Substation. The PV panels will be linked to each other and the PoC via underground cables within a Cable Route Corridor.

4) The PV electricity generating station, BESS and other associated development would be contained within four areas referred to as Humberhead 1 to 4 (hereafter collectively referred to as the ‘Humberhead Sites’). Each Humberhead Site comprises a series of sub-sites.

5) Humberhead Solar is situated fully within the administrative boundary of East Riding of Yorkshire Council located approximately 3 km to the south-west of Market Weighton and 1 km to the south-east of Pocklington. Humberhead Site 1-1 is located the closest to the PoC being situated approximately 1.36 km to the southwest of the National Grid Thornton Substation.

6) The Scheme is Environmental Impact Assessment (‘EIA’) development for the purposes of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. This means that an Environmental Statement will be required to accompany the Application. The Applicant will make an Interim Environmental Report (IER) available as part of its consultation, which sets out initial findings from ongoing site surveys and desktop studies, and the proposed methodology for key environmental assessments. The IER can be viewed on the project website at www.humberheadsolar.co.uk.

Public consultation

7) Consultation on the Scheme will take place from 16 November 2026 until 11.59pm on 20 December 2026.

8) Copies of the documents, plans and maps showing the nature and location of the Scheme including a Consultation Booklet, Indicative Masterplan, IER and Technical Information providing an overview of Humberhead Solar will be available to view and download free of charge from 16 November 2026 in the ‘Documents’ section on the project website: www.humberheadsolar.co.uk. Printed copies of these documents will be available to view (and to not take away) at in-person consultation events (where you can also speak with the project team and share your views) set out below:

9) If you would like a hard copy of the consultation materials, a reasonable charge to cover printing and postage costs of £0.35 per page will apply.

10) In addition to the in-person consultation events, there will also be two online webinars (for those not able to attend in person) as follows:

11) The public consultation events will provide an opportunity to find out more about the Scheme. Attendees do not need to register in advance to attend an in-person event. To register to attend a webinar, attendees should contact the project team (details below) or visit the website (www.humberheadsolar.co.uk).

Have your say

12) Any person may comment on the proposals or otherwise respond to this consultation. Any response must: (i) be received by the Applicant on or before 20 December 2026; (ii) be made in writing; (iii) state the grounds of the response; (iv) indicate who is making the response; and (v) give an address to which correspondence relating to the response may be sent. If you would prefer your comments to be anonymous, please provide your postcode only.

13) A response can also be made by completing a paper feedback form at one of the in-person public events listed above, submitting written feedback via an online form on our website www.humberheadsolar.co.uk, writing to us at FREEPOST HUMBERHEAD SOLAR (no stamp or further address details required) or emailing us at info@humberheadsolar.co.uk.

14) Any comments received as part of this consultation will be considered by the Applicant and any of its appointed consultants with respect to the further development of the Scheme. Responses will be considered and form part of the Applicant’s Engagement Report. Therefore, in providing any comments, it should be borne in mind that the substance of those comments may be communicated to others as part of the Engagement Report.

15) However, we will request that personal details are not placed on public record. Personal details will be held securely in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation and will be used solely in connection with the consultation process and the development of this Scheme and, except as noted above, will not be disclosed to any third parties. A copy of the Scheme’s Privacy Policy can be found at: https://www.humberheadsolar.co.uk/privacy-notice.

16) For further information or queries, including in respect of the consultation documents, please call 020 3576 3469 (free of charge), write to FREEPOST HUMBERHEAD SOLAR (no stamp or further address details), email info@humberheadsolar.co.uk or visit www.humberheadsolar.co.uk.