Renewable energy projects in Chorley
12 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Chorley (REPD, July 2026 extract): 3 pending, 5 approved but not running, 2 operational and 2 refused.
12projects in the council area
3awaiting a decision
5approved, not running
2operational
How Chorley decides
Chorley has 9 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 Chorley
Projects of 1 MW and more (8)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnock Richardbattery storage | battery storage | 30 | operationalupdated Mar 2026 | Feb 2022 | granted May 2022 | Mar 2026 |
| Vause Farmbattery storage | battery storage | 20 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2024 | Mar 2022 | granted Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lanesolar farm | solar farm | 12 | application submittedupdated Apr 2026 | Jan 2026 | — | Apr 2026 |
| Tithe Barn Lanesolar | solar | 8 | refusedupdated Jan 2014 | Aug 2013 | refused Jan 2014 | Jan 2014 |
| Land off Tithe Barn lanesolar farm | solar farm | 5 | refusedupdated Feb 2015 | Oct 2014 | refused Feb 2015 | Feb 2015 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 5 | application submittedupdated Apr 2026 | Jan 2026 | — | Apr 2026 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lanewind turbine | wind turbine | 4.2 | application submittedupdated Apr 2026 | Jan 2026 | — | Apr 2026 |
| Mawdesley Mosswind farm | wind farm | 2.3 | operationalupdated Nov 2012 | May 2007 | granted Sep 2007 | Nov 2012 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parklands High School, Southport Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2024 | Sep 2024 | granted Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| David Lloyd Leisure, Moss Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026 | Sep 2025 | granted Nov 2025 | Mar 2026 |
| Best Western Park Hall, Hotel Park Hall Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2025 | May 2025 | granted Jul 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Strawberry Fields Business Park, Berry Waybattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2026 | Dec 2025 | granted Feb 2026 | Apr 2026 |
Postcode districts in Chorley
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 Chorley by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.