Renewable energy projects in Lisburn and Castlereagh
12 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Lisburn and Castlereagh (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 5 approved but not running, 5 operational and 0 refused.
How Lisburn and Castlereagh decides
Lisburn and Castlereagh 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 Lisburn and Castlereagh
Projects of 1 MW and more (8)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage System Development in Lisburnbattery storage | battery storage | 150 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026 | Apr 2024 | granted Jan 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Colinglen Road Batterybattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Aug 2022 | Jul 2020 | — | Aug 2022 |
| Lisnabreeny Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 36 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jun 2020 | Jun 2019 | granted Jun 2019 | Jun 2020 |
| Former Maghaberry Airfieldsolar farm | solar farm | 25.7 | operationalupdated Apr 2018 | Jan 2015 | granted Apr 2016 | Apr 2018 |
| Hillside Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 25.2 | operationalupdated Jul 2017 | Jun 2015 | granted May 2016 | Jul 2017 |
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 1 (Lisburn)solar farm | solar farm | 13.5 | operationalupdated Mar 2017 | Jul 2014 | granted Nov 2014 | Mar 2017 |
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 2 (Lisburn)solar farm | solar farm | 7 | operationalupdated Apr 2017 | May 2015 | granted Oct 2015 | Apr 2017 |
| Land to the South of 15 Lough Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 4.8 | operationalupdated Apr 2016 | Nov 2013 | granted Jul 2014 | Apr 2016 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballindery Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.9 | application withdrawnupdated Jun 2019 | Apr 2019 | — | Jun 2019 |
| Solar PV Development in Lisburnrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.7 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 | granted Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Ballinderry Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.3 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2021 | Nov 2019 | granted Nov 2020 | Feb 2021 |
| Ballynahinch Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2021 | Oct 2020 | granted Sep 2021 | Feb 2021 |
Postcode districts in Lisburn and Castlereagh
| District | Projects within 10 km | Pending | Approved | Operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BT8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| BT16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| BT26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| BT27 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| BT28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
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 Lisburn and Castlereagh by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.