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Solar, wind and battery projects near Manchester (M28)

62 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of M28 (Salford): 8 are waiting for a planning decision, 43 approved but not yet running, 5 operational. The largest live scheme is Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road (680 MW battery storage, under construction since 1 November 2026), 9.0 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.

Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

62projects within 10 km
8awaiting a decision
43approved, not running
5operational

Projects within 10 km of M28

Projects of 1 MW and more (16)

ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
Bent Spur Solar Farmsolar farmsolar farm5operationalupdated Apr 2016Aug 2015granted Nov 2015Apr 2016Bolton2.6
Kenyon Waysolar farmsolar farm1.9under constructionupdated Feb 2023Mar 2020granted Jul 2020Feb 2023Salford2.8
Cleworth Hall Farmsolar farmsolar farm5abandonedupdated Sep 2018Oct 2015granted Feb 2016Sep 2018Wigan3.3
Salford Road Solar Farmsolar farmsolar farm2.2operationalupdated Jan 2016May 2015granted Jun 2015Jan 2016Bolton4.4
Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane Solar Farmsolar farmsolar farm10application submittedupdated Sep 2024Sep 2024—Sep 2024Wigan4.6
Stonecloughbattery storagebattery storage7approved, not built may be out of dateupdated May 2022Apr 2022granted Oct 2022May 2022Bolton4.6
Shore Top Farm, Kearsley Roadbattery storagebattery storage11approved, not builtupdated Dec 2025Jun 2025granted Nov 2025Dec 2025Bury5.1
Edbro, Lever Streetrooftop solarrooftop solar1.7approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jun 2023Apr 2023granted Jun 2023Jun 2023Bolton6.2
Athertonbattery storagebattery storage30operationalupdated Sep 2025Feb 2022granted Jul 2022Sep 2025Wigan7.0
Salford Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar1.6operationalupdated Jun 2016——Jun 2016Bolton7.5
Lights Oaks Mosssolar farmsolar farm5abandonedupdated Nov 2018Oct 2015granted Jan 2016Nov 2018Wigan7.5
Duckinfield Farm, Hurst Lane Solar Farmsolar farmsolar farm10approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026Jul 2025granted May 2026Jun 2026Warrington8.4
Union Court Storage Facilitybattery storagebattery storage4.8approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Dec 2021Jul 2021granted Oct 2021Dec 2021Bolton8.5
Carrington Power Station, Manchester Roadbattery storagebattery storage680under constructionupdated Jul 2026Feb 2023granted Jul 2023Jul 2026Trafford9.0
Slack Lane, Westhoughtonbattery storagebattery storage45approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025Aug 2024granted Dec 2024Jan 2025Bolton9.3
Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lanebattery storagebattery storage35approved, not builtupdated Mar 2025May 2024refused Aug 2024Mar 2025Trafford9.3
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (46)
ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
Moss Rose Millrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Dec 2024Oct 2024granted Dec 2024Dec 2024Bolton3.1
Europa Way, Units F1 & F2rooftop solarrooftop solar0.9refusedupdated May 2022Feb 2022refused Mar 2023May 2022Bolton3.8
Albion Mill, Cawdor Streetrooftop solarrooftop solar0.5approved, not builtupdated Jun 2025Apr 2025granted Jun 2025Jun 2025Bolton4.4
Leadbeaters Lanerooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Dec 2024Aug 2024granted Nov 2024Dec 2024Bolton4.4
Northern Building Plastics, Leadbeaters Lanerooftop solarrooftop solar0.2application submitted may be out of dateupdated Aug 2024Aug 2024—Aug 2024Bolton4.4
Amazon UK Plot E1, Bridgewater Avenuerooftop solarrooftop solar—approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Apr 2022Mar 2022granted Jun 2022Apr 2022Bolton4.6
Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lanebattery storagebattery storage—application submittedupdated Sep 2024Sep 2024—Sep 2024Wigan4.6
City Of Salford Highway Services, Swinton Hall Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not built may be out of dateupdated May 2023May 2023granted Jul 2023May 2023Salford4.8
Churchill Unit Oncology Royal Bolton Hospitalrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026Dec 2025granted Feb 2026Mar 2026Bolton4.8
Barton Business Park, Cawdor Streetrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026Mar 2026granted May 2026Jun 2026Salford4.9
Seddon Construction, Plodder Lanesolar farmsolar farm0.2approved, not builtupdated Jun 2025Jan 2025granted May 2025Jun 2025Bolton5.3
David Lloyd Manchester, Barton Embankmentrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Apr 2024Jan 2024granted Mar 2024Apr 2024Trafford5.6
Tesco Crab Tree Lanerooftop solarrooftop solar0.5operationalupdated Mar 2020Dec 2018granted Feb 2019Mar 2020Wigan6.0
Turnpike Depotsolar farmsolar farm0.5under constructionupdated May 2023May 2023—May 2023Salford6.7
Jj Food Service, 1A Lamplight Wayrooftop solarrooftop solar0.4approved, not builtupdated Nov 2023Aug 2023granted Nov 2023Nov 2023Salford6.8
Barton Dock Road, Trafford Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3refusedupdated Dec 2025Sep 2025refused Oct 2025Dec 2025Trafford6.8
Woodsend Road, Urmstonbattery storagebattery storage0.2application submittedMay 2026——Trafford6.9
Bowless Exhibition, Longeridge Road Solar Panels Arrayrooftop solarrooftop solar1approved, not builtupdated Jan 2026Oct 2025granted Dec 2025Jan 2026Trafford7.0
Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road Solar Arraysrooftop solarrooftop solar0.4approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026Feb 2026granted May 2026Jun 2026Trafford7.0
Guide Dogs For The Blind Associationrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025Feb 2025granted Apr 2025Jul 2025Wigan7.2
DB Schenker, Mosley Road Solar Arraysrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Oct 2023Aug 2023granted Oct 2023Oct 2023Trafford7.3
WWL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation, The Avenuerooftop solarrooftop solar0.7approved, not builtupdated Apr 2026Dec 2025granted Feb 2026Apr 2026Wigan7.5
Central Park Estate, Trafford Park, Unit 22,rooftop solarrooftop solar0.5approved, not builtupdated May 2026Jan 2026granted Mar 2026May 2026Trafford7.7
Pisces, Mosley Road, Unit Brooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026Dec 2025granted Feb 2026Mar 2026Trafford7.7
CHEP Manchester, Trafford Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated May 2024Mar 2024granted Apr 2024May 2024Trafford7.7
Polyflor Limited, Prestwich Delivery Officerooftop solarrooftop solar—approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025Apr 2025granted Jul 2025Jul 2025Bury7.8
Vernacare, Folds Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar0.7approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025Nov 2024granted Jan 2025Jan 2025Bolton7.8
Golden Way, Urmston - Unit 24 - Solar Panelsrooftop solarrooftop solar0.4approved, not builtupdated Oct 2024Jul 2024granted Sep 2024Oct 2024Trafford7.9
Fifth Avenue, Trafford Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Jun 2022May 2022granted Jul 2022Jun 2022Trafford8.0
Lostock High Schoolrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2refusedupdated Dec 2025Aug 2025refused Oct 2025Dec 2025Trafford8.2
Gamma Telecom, Second Avenuerooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Dec 2025Jul 2025granted Sep 2025Dec 2025Trafford8.2
The Albion Academy, London Streetrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025Aug 2025granted Oct 2025Nov 2025Salford8.3
The Range, Parsonage Retail Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2application submitted may be out of dateupdated Apr 2024Mar 2024—Apr 2024Wigan8.5
Park 17 Industrial Estaterooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024Apr 2024granted Jun 2024Jul 2024Bury8.5
Westhoughton Community Leisure Centrerooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Dec 2021Jul 2021granted Sep 2021Dec 2021Bolton8.6
Bramble Croft, Chew Moor Lanebattery storagebattery storage0.2application submittedupdated May 2026Apr 2026—May 2026Bolton8.7
Manchester Road - Green Hydrogen Production Facility & Battery Storagebattery storagebattery storage—approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Sep 2021Jul 2021granted Sep 2022Sep 2021Trafford8.9
Brunel Avenuerooftop solarrooftop solar0.2application submittedupdated Feb 2026Jan 2026—Feb 2026Salford9.0
Flixton Road, Flixton - Micro Energy Storagebattery storagebattery storage0.2application submittedMay 2026——Trafford9.0
Ditchers Farmbattery storagebattery storage—approved, not builtupdated Nov 2024Oct 2021refused Feb 2024Nov 2024Bolton9.2
Crompton Health Centre, Crompton Wayrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Mar 2024Jan 2024granted Feb 2024Mar 2024Bolton9.3
Broughton Hub, Rigby Streetrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Nov 2024Sep 2024granted Nov 2024Nov 2024Salford9.3
Ferrous Wayrooftop solarrooftop solar0.4approved, not builtupdated Feb 2025Jan 2025granted Mar 2025Feb 2025Salford9.4
Ferrous Wayrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Feb 2023Nov 2022granted Jan 2023Feb 2023Salford9.4
Sainsburys Supermarket, Regent Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025Aug 2025granted Sep 2025Nov 2025Salford9.7
Westhoughtonrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3application withdrawnupdated Apr 2022Mar 2022—Apr 2022Bolton10.0

Distance from the average position of the M28 postcodes, not from your home. Projects of 5 MW and more have their own page with dates and planning history.

By type

TypeAllPendingApprovedOperationalRefusedMW in pipeline
Solar farm9142022.6
Rooftop solar403312311.4
Battery storage134810783

MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.

How Salford decides solar, wind and battery applications

ApplicationsSalfordUK
Decided applications (solar, wind, battery)1110,236
Refused1 (9%)19%
Solar refused1 of 1112%
Median time from submission to decision7.6 weeks17.0 weeks
Appeals lodged / allowed0 / 0—

UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: Salford, Salford Metropolitan Borough Council.

All projects in Salford

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 M28, 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.

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