Renewable energy projects in Tameside
14 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Tameside (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 11 approved but not running, 2 operational and 0 refused. The council refused 0 of 12 decided applications (0%; UK 19%), with a median 8 weeks from submission to decision.
14projects in the council area
1awaiting a decision
11approved, not running
0%of decisions refused
How Tameside decides
| Applications | Tameside | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 7 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Projects in Tameside
Projects of 1 MW and more (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printworks Road - Stalybridge Battery Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 150 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2023 | Sep 2023 | granted Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| Holden Waybattery storage | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jun 2020 | Apr 2017 | granted Jun 2018 | Jun 2020 |
| Godley Water Treatment Worksfloating solar | floating solar | 3 | operationalupdated Jun 2016 | — | — | Jun 2016 |
| Denton Hall Farm Road, Dentonrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1.2 | operationalupdated Jan 2022 | Jan 2022 | granted Jul 2023 | Jan 2022 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (10)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.9 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2024 | Nov 2023 | granted Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| Morrisons Superstore, Mottram Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2025 | Oct 2025 | granted Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Morrisons Superstore, Saxon Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated May 2024 | Mar 2024 | granted May 2024 | May 2024 |
| Tameside College, Beaufort Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2025 | Jul 2025 | granted Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Tameside General Hospital, Fountain Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | application submitted | Jun 2026 | — | — |
| Laurus Ryecroft High School, Lumb Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2025 | Jul 2025 | granted Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Concordiarooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2024 | Nov 2023 | granted Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| Tame Box, Tame Streetbattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Nov 2022 | Sep 2022 | granted Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| Tudor Industrial Estate, Ashton Street- Micro Energy Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Oct 2025 | Jun 2025 | granted Sep 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| Sheffield Roadbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Mar 2022 | Feb 2022 | granted Sep 2022 | Mar 2022 |
Postcode districts in Tameside
| District | Projects within 10 km | Pending | Approved | Operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M34 | 93 | 4 | 76 | 9 |
| M43 | 100 | 7 | 77 | 9 |
| OL5 | 38 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
| OL6 | 69 | 4 | 54 | 8 |
| OL7 | 83 | 4 | 67 | 8 |
| SK14 | 52 | 3 | 40 | 8 |
| SK15 | 57 | 2 | 49 | 6 |
| SK16 | 75 | 3 | 61 | 9 |
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 Tameside by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.