Renewable energy projects in Newry, Mourne and Down
14 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Newry, Mourne and Down (REPD, July 2026 extract): 3 pending, 7 approved but not running, 1 operational and 1 refused.
How Newry, Mourne and Down decides
Newry, Mourne and Down 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 Newry, Mourne and Down
Projects of 1 MW and more (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gruggandoo Wind Farmwind farm | wind farm | 39.6 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated May 2015 | Mar 2015 | — | May 2015 |
| Tullyneilwind farm | wind farm | 13.8 | application withdrawnupdated Sep 2019 | May 2013 | — | Sep 2019 |
| Tullynaskeagh Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5.1 | abandonedupdated Sep 2017 | Aug 2013 | granted Jan 2014 | Sep 2017 |
| Solar PV Energy Development in Newrysolar farm | solar farm | 2 | approved, not builtupdated May 2026 | Apr 2024 | granted May 2026 | May 2026 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (10)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumbanagher Wall Road, Poyntzpasswind turbine | wind turbine | 0.5 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Dec 2023 | Nov 2023 | — | Dec 2023 |
| Greenhall Highwaywind turbine | wind turbine | 0.3 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2021 | Jul 2019 | granted Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| Newry Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2021 | Aug 2020 | granted Dec 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| Dundrinne Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.2 | operationalupdated Mar 2022 | Jul 2019 | granted Oct 2019 | Mar 2022 |
| Aghincurk Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2021 | Nov 2020 | granted Jul 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| Crabtree Roadbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2021 | Jun 2021 | granted Mar 2022 | Sep 2021 |
| Wind Turbine Development in Crossgarwind turbine | wind turbine | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Dec 2023 | Oct 2023 | — | Dec 2023 |
| Wind Turbine Development in Downpatrickwind turbine | wind turbine | — | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025 | Feb 2024 | granted Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Wind Turbine Development in Ballywardwind farm | wind farm | — | refusedupdated Jun 2026 | Jun 2025 | refused May 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Turbine Development in Ballynahinchwind farm | wind farm | — | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026 | Aug 2023 | granted Jan 2026 | Feb 2026 |
Postcode districts in Newry, Mourne and Down
| District | Projects within 10 km | Pending | Approved | Operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BT24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| BT30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BT31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| BT33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| BT34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BT35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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 Newry, Mourne and Down by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.