Renewable energy projects in Pendle
7 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Pendle (REPD, July 2026 extract): 0 pending, 7 approved but not running, 0 operational and 0 refused.
7projects in the council area
0awaiting a decision
7approved, not running
0operational
How Pendle decides
Pendle 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 Pendle
Projects of 1 MW and more (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Vicarage, Reedleybattery storage | battery storage | 100 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Aug 2023 | granted Jun 2025 | Jun 2026 |
| Walshaw House, Regent Streetbattery storage | battery storage | 100 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2024 | Aug 2023 | granted Dec 2023 | Jan 2024 |
| West Craven Business Park, West Craven Driverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2023 | Aug 2023 | granted Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| Nelson and colne college, Scotland Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 1 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 | granted May 2024 | Jan 2025 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson and colne college, Scotland Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2023 | Jul 2023 | granted Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| Pendleside, Fencerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Oct 2024 | Aug 2024 | granted Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| Doughty Farm, Back Lanewind turbine | wind turbine | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2025 | Dec 2024 | granted Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
Postcode districts in Pendle
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 Pendle by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.