Solar, wind and battery projects near Donaghadee (BT21)
4 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of BT21 (Ards and North Down): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 2 approved but not yet running, 1 operational. The largest live scheme is Bangor Road (0.3 MW wind turbine, approved on 7 October 2020, not yet built; REPD status may be out of date), 9.3 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of BT21
Projects of 1 MW and more (1)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyboley Solar (Carrowdore)solar farm | solar farm | 6 | operationalupdated Apr 2017 | Oct 2014 | granted Jun 2015 | Apr 2017 | Ards and North Down | 7.8 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Generation Development in Greyabbeywind turbine | wind turbine | 0.1 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Nov 2025 | Dec 2022 | — | Nov 2025 | Ards and North Down | 9.1 |
| Newtownards Electricity substationbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2025 | Nov 2020 | granted Nov 2020 | Mar 2025 | Ards and North Down | 9.2 |
| 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 | 9.3 |
Distance from the average position of the BT21 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind turbine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Battery storage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 BT21, 2 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.