Renewable energy projects in Ards and North Down
9 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Ards and North Down (REPD, July 2026 extract): 4 pending, 2 approved but not running, 1 operational and 0 refused.
How Ards and North Down decides
Ards and North Down has 3 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Projects in Ards and North Down
Projects of 1 MW and more (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clandeboye Estate Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 10.9 | application withdrawnupdated Oct 2016 | Jul 2015 | — | Oct 2016 |
| Carrickmannon Road, Ballygowanwind turbine | wind turbine | 8.8 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jul 2024 | May 2024 | — | Jul 2024 |
| Ballyboley Solar (Carrowdore)solar farm | solar farm | 6 | operationalupdated Apr 2017 | Oct 2014 | granted Jun 2015 | Apr 2017 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbarnet Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.9 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jun 2019 | Apr 2019 | — | Jun 2019 |
| Bangor Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.3 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2021 | Mar 2019 | granted Oct 2020 | Feb 2021 |
| Power Generation Development in Greyabbeywind turbine | wind turbine | 0.1 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Nov 2025 | Dec 2022 | — | Nov 2025 |
| Newtownards Electricity substationbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2025 | Nov 2020 | granted Nov 2020 | Mar 2025 |
| Tullyhubbert Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Sep 2024 | Jul 2024 | — | Sep 2024 |
| Wind Turbine Development in Kircubbinwind turbine | wind turbine | — | application withdrawnupdated Sep 2025 | Jan 2025 | — | Sep 2025 |
Postcode districts in Ards and North Down
| District | Projects within 10 km | Pending | Approved | Operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BT18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BT19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BT20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| BT21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| BT22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BT23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided. Projects belong to Ards and North Down by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.