Solar, wind and battery projects near Holywood (BT18)
7 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of BT18 (Ards and North Down): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 2 approved but not yet running, 2 operational. The largest live scheme is Lisnabreeny Road (36 MW battery storage, approved on 21 June 2019, not yet built; REPD status may be out of date), 9.9 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of BT18
Projects of 1 MW and more (5)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clandeboye Estate Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 10.9 | application withdrawnupdated Oct 2016 | Jul 2015 | — | Oct 2016 | Ards and North Down | 5.9 |
| Bombardier Factoryrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 3.8 | operationalupdated Jun 2015 | Nov 2013 | granted Feb 2014 | Jun 2015 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 8.3 |
| Solar PV Energy Alterations in Belfastsolar farm | solar farm | 2 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jun 2024 | Apr 2024 | — | Jun 2024 | Belfast | 8.6 |
| AES Kilroot Station Battery Storage Arraybattery storage | battery storage | 10 | operationalupdated Dec 2018 | — | — | Dec 2018 | Mid and East Antrim | 9.9 |
| Lisnabreeny Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 36 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jun 2020 | Jun 2019 | granted Jun 2019 | Jun 2020 | Lisburn and Castlereagh | 9.9 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (2)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.3 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2021 | Mar 2019 | granted Oct 2020 | Feb 2021 | Ards and North Down | 9.2 |
| Upper Hightown Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.2 | refusedupdated Mar 2023 | Mar 2020 | refused Jan 2023 | Mar 2023 | Belfast | 9.7 |
Distance from the average position of the BT18 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rooftop solar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind turbine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Battery storage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Ards and North Down decides solar, wind and battery applications
Ards and North Down has 3 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.
All projects in Ards and North Down
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 BT18, 3 projects have 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.