Renewable energy projects in Erewash
9 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Erewash (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 6 approved but not running, 1 operational and 1 refused.
9projects in the council area
1awaiting a decision
6approved, not running
1operational
How Erewash decides
Erewash has 8 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 Erewash
Projects of 1 MW and more (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Farm at Boyah Grange Farm Potato Pit Lane Dale Abbeysolar farm | solar farm | 35.2 | application submittedupdated Oct 2025 | Aug 2025 | — | Oct 2025 |
| Ladywood Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | refusedupdated Nov 2015 | Sep 2015 | refused Oct 2015 | Nov 2015 |
| Pinnacle Storage Park, Dale Abbeysolar farm | solar farm | 1 | under constructionupdated Apr 2022 | Mar 2022 | granted Jul 2022 | Apr 2022 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manners Avenuerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | operationalupdated Jan 2022 | Jan 2022 | granted Oct 2022 | Jan 2022 |
| Crompton Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2022 | Mar 2022 | granted May 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Donaldson Timber, Hallam Fields Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2025 | Jan 2025 | granted Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| Brunswood Farm, Locko Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2024 | Apr 2023 | granted Jan 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| Tamworth Road, Long Eaton - Micro Energy Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2025 | Apr 2025 | granted Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Old Power House Battery Energy Storage Unitbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jul 2023 | Jun 2023 | granted Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
Postcode districts in Erewash
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 Erewash by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.