Solar, wind and battery projects near Clitheroe (BB7)
10 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of BB7 (Ribble Valley): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 4 approved but not yet running, 1 operational. The largest live scheme is Time Technology Park, Blackburn Road (1 MW rooftop solar, approved on 23 April 2024, not yet built), 8.8 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of BB7
Projects of 1 MW and more (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calder Works, Burnley Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 70 | application withdrawnupdated Oct 2024 | Jul 2024 | — | Oct 2024 | Ribble Valley | 8.8 |
| Padihambattery storage | battery storage | 99.9 | refusedupdated Feb 2025 | May 2024 | refused Dec 2024 | Feb 2025 | Burnley | 8.9 |
| Altham Business Parkrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1.2 | operationalupdated Mar 2022 | Sep 2021 | granted Dec 2022 | Mar 2022 | Hyndburn | 9.4 |
| Little Snodworth Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appealupdated Feb 2017 | Jul 2015 | refused Oct 2015 | Feb 2017 | Ribble Valley | 9.6 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Food Services, North Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | under constructionupdated Feb 2023 | Nov 2022 | refused Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 | Ribble Valley | 3.3 |
| Stonyhurst College, Avenue Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Oct 2025 | granted Apr 2026 | Jun 2026 | Ribble Valley | 6.1 |
| Time Technology Park, Blackburn Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1 | approved, not builtupdated May 2024 | Mar 2024 | granted Apr 2024 | May 2024 | Ribble Valley | 8.8 |
| Burnley Roadbattery storage | battery storage | — | permission expiredupdated Apr 2020 | Feb 2018 | granted Apr 2021 | Apr 2020 | Ribble Valley | 8.8 |
| Newhouse Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Apr 2022 | Feb 2021 | — | Apr 2022 | Hyndburn | 9.3 |
| Althamrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.1 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2022 | Feb 2021 | granted Jan 2022 | Apr 2022 | Hyndburn | 9.3 |
Distance from the average position of the BB7 postcodes, not from your home. Projects of 5 MW and more have their own page with dates and planning history.
By type
| Type | All | Pending | Approved | Operational | Refused | MW in pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar farm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rooftop solar | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Battery storage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Ribble Valley decides solar, wind and battery applications
Ribble Valley has 6 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.
Is the status up to date?
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. Near BB7, 1 project has a status that may be out of date (pending for over two years, or approved with a permission expiry date already passed). Check the council's planning register for the latest decision.