Renewable energy projects in Blackpool
9 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Blackpool (REPD, July 2026 extract): 0 pending, 7 approved but not running, 0 operational and 0 refused.
9projects in the council area
0awaiting a decision
7approved, not running
0operational
How Blackpool decides
Blackpool has 7 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 Blackpool
Projects of 1 MW and more (1)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Avenuebattery storage | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated May 2021 | Jan 2021 | granted May 2021 | May 2021 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (8)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco Stores, Clifton Retail Parkrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.7 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2026 | Oct 2025 | granted Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| St Georges Schoolrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2025 | Oct 2025 | granted Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Blackpool Police Divisional Headquartersrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2023 | Apr 2023 | granted Jun 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| Marton Mere Holiday Village, Mythop Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2023 | Feb 2023 | granted Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Unity College, Warbreck Hill Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2025 | Jul 2025 | granted Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Wallis Building Designs, Midgeland Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 0.2 | application withdrawnupdated Oct 2022 | Sep 2022 | — | Oct 2022 |
| Progress Waysolar farm | solar farm | 0.2 | application withdrawnupdated Oct 2022 | Sep 2022 | — | Oct 2022 |
| Blackpool Victoria Hospitalrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.1 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2024 | Feb 2024 | granted Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
Postcode districts in Blackpool
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 Blackpool by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.