Solar, wind and battery projects near Belfast (BT3)
18 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of BT3 (Belfast): 3 are waiting for a planning decision, 7 approved but not yet running, 2 operational. The largest live scheme is Colinglen Road Battery (49.9 MW battery storage, application submitted on 31 July 2020, no decision recorded; REPD status may be out of date), 9.7 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of BT3
Projects of 1 MW and more (12)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar PV Energy Alterations in Belfastsolar farm | solar farm | 2 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jun 2024 | Apr 2024 | — | Jun 2024 | Belfast | 2.8 |
| Development SE of Flush Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 2 | permission expiredupdated Aug 2020 | Jan 2015 | granted Nov 2015 | Aug 2020 | Belfast | 6.0 |
| Bombardier Factoryrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 3.8 | operationalupdated Jun 2015 | Nov 2013 | granted Feb 2014 | Jun 2015 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 6.3 |
| 320mts South East of 43 Flush Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 2 | permission expiredupdated Aug 2020 | Nov 2014 | granted Nov 2015 | Aug 2020 | Belfast | 6.6 |
| 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 | 7.3 |
| Lands at Ballyutoag Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 2.3 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Apr 2020 | Jun 2016 | granted Aug 2018 | Apr 2020 | Belfast | 7.4 |
| Ballyutoag Wind Farmwind farm | wind farm | 11.5 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Sep 2020 | Dec 2014 | granted Dec 2015 | Sep 2020 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 8.5 |
| Sealstown Road Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 6.7 | abandonedupdated Apr 2018 | Jun 2015 | granted Nov 2015 | Apr 2018 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 9.2 |
| Boghill Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 2 | application withdrawnupdated Dec 2019 | Apr 2019 | — | Dec 2019 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 9.3 |
| Doagh Road Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | appeal withdrawnupdated Jun 2016 | Mar 2015 | refused Oct 2015 | Jun 2016 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 9.4 |
| Colinglen Road Batterybattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Aug 2022 | Jul 2020 | — | Aug 2022 | Lisburn and Castlereagh | 9.7 |
| Gibson Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 6.4 | operationalupdated Sep 2018 | Dec 2015 | granted Jul 2016 | Sep 2018 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 9.7 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Hightown Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.2 | refusedupdated Mar 2023 | Mar 2020 | refused Jan 2023 | Mar 2023 | Belfast | 5.5 |
| Ballyutoag Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2021 | Dec 2020 | granted Dec 2021 | Jan 2021 | Belfast | 7.0 |
| Boghill Road Wind Turbinewind turbine | wind turbine | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Nov 2022 | Feb 2021 | granted Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 7.6 |
| Budore Road, Ligonielwind farm | wind farm | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated May 2024 | Apr 2024 | — | May 2024 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 9.3 |
| Aughnabrack Road Replacement Turbinewind turbine | wind turbine | — | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2022 | Feb 2021 | granted Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 9.3 |
| Laurel Lanewind turbine | wind turbine | 0.5 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Apr 2020 | May 2019 | granted Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 9.7 |
Distance from the average position of the BT3 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rooftop solar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind farm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 |
| Wind turbine | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Battery storage | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.9 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Belfast decides solar, wind and battery applications
Belfast has 5 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 BT3, 8 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.