Solar, wind and battery projects near Ballynahinch (BT24)
4 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of BT24 (Newry, Mourne and Down): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 3 approved but not yet running. The largest live scheme is Solar PV Development in Lisburn (0.7 MW rooftop solar, approved on 30 June 2025, not yet built), 9.3 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of BT24
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crabtree Roadbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2021 | Jun 2021 | granted Mar 2022 | Sep 2021 | Newry, Mourne and Down | 3.0 |
| Turbine Development in Ballynahinchwind farm | wind farm | — | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026 | Aug 2023 | granted Jan 2026 | Feb 2026 | Newry, Mourne and Down | 6.7 |
| Wind Turbine Development in Crossgarwind turbine | wind turbine | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Dec 2023 | Oct 2023 | — | Dec 2023 | Newry, Mourne and Down | 8.8 |
| Solar PV Development in Lisburnrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.7 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 | granted Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 | Lisburn and Castlereagh | 9.3 |
Distance from the average position of the BT24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooftop solar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Wind farm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind turbine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Battery storage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Newry, Mourne and Down decides solar, wind and battery applications
Newry, Mourne and Down has 9 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 Newry, Mourne and 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 Near BT24, 1 project has a status that may be out of date (pending for over two years, or approved with a permission expiry date already passed).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.