Solar, wind and battery projects near Newry (BT35)
2 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of BT35 (Newry, Mourne and Down): 2 approved but not yet running. The largest live scheme is Wind Turbine Development in Downpatrick ( MW wind turbine, approved on 22 October 2025, not yet built), 7.0 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of BT35
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (2)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Turbine Development in Downpatrickwind turbine | wind turbine | — | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025 | Feb 2024 | granted Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 | Newry, Mourne and Down | 7.0 |
| Aghincurk Roadwind turbine | wind turbine | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2021 | Nov 2020 | granted Jul 2021 | Feb 2021 | Newry, Mourne and Down | 9.5 |
Distance from the average position of the BT35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind turbine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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 Near BT35, 1 project has a status that may be out of date (pending for over two years, or approved with a permission expiry date already passed).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.