Renewable energy projects in Broxtowe
9 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Broxtowe (REPD, July 2026 extract): 4 pending, 4 approved but not running, 1 operational and 0 refused.
9projects in the council area
4awaiting a decision
4approved, not running
1operational
How Broxtowe decides
Broxtowe has 6 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 Broxtowe
Projects of 1 MW and more (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southfields Farm, Common Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 130 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2024 | Nov 2022 | granted Aug 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Long Lane Solar Farm / Nottingham Brick Workssolar farm | solar farm | 17 | under constructionupdated Dec 2019 | Jul 2015 | granted Nov 2015 | Dec 2019 |
| Moto Hospitality, Trowell Services Area North Solar Farm & Batterysolar farm | solar farm | 16.1 | application submittedupdated May 2025 | Feb 2025 | — | May 2025 |
| Newthorpe Wind Turbinewind turbine | wind turbine | 2.5 | operationalupdated Apr 2014 | Dec 2010 | granted Jul 2011 | Apr 2014 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (5)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart Internet, Beeston Business Parkrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Nov 2024 | granted Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| JJ Foodservice, Lilac Groverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | application submitted | May 2026 | — | — |
| Sainsburys Supermarket, Greens Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | application submitted | May 2026 | — | — |
| George Spencer Academy, Arthur Mee Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated May 2025 | Feb 2025 | granted Mar 2025 | May 2025 |
| Moto Hospitality, Trowell Services Area North Solar Farm & Batterybattery storage | battery storage | — | application submittedupdated May 2025 | Feb 2025 | — | May 2025 |
Postcode districts in Broxtowe
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 Broxtowe by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.