Renewable energy projects in Bassetlaw
56 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Bassetlaw (REPD, July 2026 extract): 12 pending, 22 approved but not running, 13 operational and 3 refused. The council refused 5 of 40 decided applications (12%; UK 19%), with a median 14 weeks from submission to decision.
56projects in the council area
12awaiting a decision
22approved, not running
12%of decisions refused
How Bassetlaw decides
| Applications | Bassetlaw | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 25 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 0 | — |
Projects in Bassetlaw
Projects of 1 MW and more (45)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Earth Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 740 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2026 | Feb 2025 | granted Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| West Burton Power Station, North Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 500 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2024 | Dec 2022 | granted Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Torksey Ferry Road, Ramptonbattery storage | battery storage | 500 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Dec 2024 | granted Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Elkesley Southbound, Elkesleybattery storage | battery storage | 480 | application submittedupdated Jul 2025 | Jun 2025 | — | Jul 2025 |
| Steeple Renewables Projectsolar farm | solar farm | 450 | application submittedupdated Oct 2025 | May 2025 | — | Oct 2025 |
| Polly Taylors Road, High Marnhambattery storage | battery storage | 400 | application submittedupdated Aug 2025 | Jul 2025 | — | Aug 2025 |
| Steeple Renewables Projectbattery storage | battery storage | 150 | application submittedupdated Oct 2025 | May 2025 | — | Oct 2025 |
| Gainsborough Road, Saundbybattery storage | battery storage | 120 | under constructionupdated Jun 2026 | Mar 2022 | granted Jul 2022 | Jun 2026 |
| Old Trent Road, Beckinghambattery storage | battery storage | 80 | application withdrawnupdated Mar 2025 | Sep 2023 | — | Mar 2025 |
| Gainsborough Road, Saundby Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 78 | under constructionupdated Jun 2026 | Mar 2022 | granted Jul 2022 | Jun 2026 |
| Cottom Power Stationbattery storage | battery storage | 50 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jan 2021 | Oct 2020 | — | Jan 2021 |
| Tiln Farm Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under constructionupdated Nov 2022 | Nov 2020 | granted Sep 2023 | Nov 2022 |
| Wood Lane Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Nov 2024 | Feb 2020 | granted Aug 2020 | Nov 2024 |
| America Farm, Woodcoates Road Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submittedupdated May 2026 | Mar 2026 | — | May 2026 |
| Drayton Road, Upton Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | Apr 2026 | — | — |
| Long Ridding Lane, East Drayton Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | Apr 2026 | — | — |
| West Burtonbattery storage | battery storage | 49 | operationalupdated Nov 2018 | Jul 2016 | — | Nov 2018 |
| Cottam Power Stationbattery storage | battery storage | 49 | approved, not builtupdated Aug 2020 | Feb 2018 | granted Nov 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| High Marnham Solar Photovoltaic Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 42.7 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jun 2022 | May 2022 | granted Jan 2023 | Jun 2022 |
| Adj To The A614 Solarsolar farm | solar farm | 40 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 | — | Apr 2024 |
| Rayton Farm Lane Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 34 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2024 | Dec 2023 | granted Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| Hundred Acre Lane, Carlton In Lindricksolar farm | solar farm | 34 | application submittedupdated Sep 2025 | Jul 2025 | — | Sep 2025 |
| Walkers Wood Solar Parksolar farm | solar farm | 27 | operationalupdated Jun 2015 | May 2014 | granted Sep 2014 | Jun 2015 |
| Crow Holt Windfarmwind farm | wind farm | 20 | refusedupdated Jul 2007 | Mar 2005 | refused Jul 2007 | Jul 2007 |
| Steeley Lane, Steetley Solar Photovoltaic Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 18.7 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Dec 2023 | Nov 2023 | — | Dec 2023 |
| West End Farm - Treswellsolar farm | solar farm | 16.9 | abandonedupdated Dec 2015 | Sep 2014 | granted Feb 2015 | Dec 2015 |
| Little Morton Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 14.3 | operationalupdated Oct 2014 | Sep 2013 | granted Jan 2014 | Oct 2014 |
| Manton Woodbattery storage | battery storage | 10 | permission expiredupdated Jun 2020 | Oct 2017 | granted Dec 2017 | Jun 2020 |
| Hunciecroft Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 8 | operationalupdated May 2015 | Aug 2014 | granted Nov 2014 | May 2015 |
| Chainbridge Roadsolar | solar | 8 | application withdrawnupdated Sep 2014 | Jan 2014 | — | Sep 2014 |
| Tiln Farm solar parksolar farm | solar farm | 8 | operationalupdated Jun 2015 | Sep 2013 | granted Dec 2013 | Jun 2015 |
| Cottam wind farmwind farm | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawnupdated Dec 2014 | Sep 2013 | — | Dec 2014 |
| Westwood Farm Solar Parksolar farm | solar farm | 5.1 | operationalupdated Jan 2015 | Oct 2013 | granted Dec 2013 | Jan 2015 |
| Bellmoor Grasslandsolar | solar | 5 | abandonedupdated Dec 2015 | Oct 2013 | granted Dec 2013 | Dec 2015 |
| Jubilee Farm, Barnby Moorsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | operationalupdated Jul 2017 | Jul 2014 | granted Jan 2015 | Jul 2017 |
| Creswell Solar Parksolar farm | solar farm | 5 | operationalupdated Jan 2017 | Apr 2015 | granted Jul 2015 | Jan 2017 |
| Misson Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | operationalupdated Jul 2016 | Feb 2015 | granted Oct 2015 | Jul 2016 |
| Barnby Moorsolar farm | solar farm | 4 | operationalupdated Aug 2015 | Nov 2013 | granted Feb 2014 | Aug 2015 |
| Walmoor Farm solar parksolar farm | solar farm | 4 | operationalupdated May 2015 | Jan 2014 | granted Apr 2014 | May 2015 |
| Premier Grocery Products Limited, Claylands Avenuerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 2.6 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Oct 2024 | granted Dec 2024 | Jan 2025 |
| Worksop - B&Qwind turbine | wind turbine | 2 | operationalupdated May 2009 | Sep 2007 | granted Nov 2007 | May 2009 |
| Tiln Farm Retford (extension)solar farm | solar farm | 1.7 | operationalupdated Jul 2016 | Mar 2015 | granted Jun 2015 | Jul 2016 |
| Schutz UK Limited, Claylands Avenuerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1.7 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jul 2023 | May 2023 | granted Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| Babworth Estatewind farm | wind farm | 1 | refusedupdated Jun 2014 | Mar 2014 | refused May 2014 | Jun 2014 |
| Smeath Road Wind Turbineswind farm | wind farm | 1 | refused on appealupdated Apr 2016 | Jul 2014 | refused Jul 2015 | Apr 2016 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (11)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butternut Box, Symmetry Parkrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.7 | application submittedupdated May 2026 | Dec 2025 | — | May 2026 |
| Misterton PSD, Stockwith Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2024 | Dec 2023 | granted Feb 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| Robinson Healthcare, Lawn Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2025 | Dec 2024 | granted Jan 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| Mill Hill Farm, Greenspotts Lanewind turbine | wind turbine | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026 | Oct 2025 | granted Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Grange Farm, Low Marnhamrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2023 | Feb 2023 | granted Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Bridge Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024 | May 2024 | granted Jun 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| Haughton Park Farm, West Drayton - Photovoltaic Panel Arraysrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.1 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Oct 2024 | granted Dec 2024 | Jan 2025 |
| Mansfield Road, Little Morton Farmbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 | granted Sep 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| Albion Close Battery Energy Storage Unitbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Sep 2023 | Jun 2023 | granted Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| One Earth Solar Farmbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2026 | Feb 2025 | granted Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Adj To The A614 Solarbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not builtupdated May 2026 | Apr 2024 | granted Apr 2026 | May 2026 |
Postcode districts in Bassetlaw
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 Bassetlaw by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.