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Solar, wind and battery projects near York (YO42)

17 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of YO42 (East Riding of Yorkshire): 3 are waiting for a planning decision, 12 approved but not yet running. The largest live scheme is Thornton Battery Storage (400 MW battery storage, approved on 27 February 2026, not yet built), 2.2 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.

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

17projects within 10 km
3awaiting a decision
12approved, not running
0operational

Projects within 10 km of YO42

Projects of 1 MW and more (11)

ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
Thornton Battery Storagebattery storagebattery storage400approved, not builtupdated May 2026Jun 2025granted Feb 2026May 2026East Riding of Yorkshire2.2
Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Parkbattery storagebattery storage200under constructionupdated Mar 2026Jan 2022granted Nov 2022Mar 2026East Riding of Yorkshire2.2
Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Parksolar farmsolar farm50under constructionupdated Mar 2026Jan 2022granted Nov 2022Mar 2026East Riding of Yorkshire2.2
Tara Melbourne Road, Thorntonbattery storagebattery storage200approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025Apr 2025granted Aug 2025Nov 2025East Riding of Yorkshire3.5
Wind Turbine at North Farm Wind Turbines Thorpe Le Street Road Thorpe Le Streetwind turbinewind turbine1approved, not builtupdated Feb 2024Dec 2022granted Feb 2024Feb 2024East Riding of Yorkshire6.0
Ryedale Farm, Seaton Common Lanebattery storagebattery storage300approved, not builtupdated Jan 2026Jun 2025granted Dec 2025Jan 2026East Riding of Yorkshire6.3
Elvington Water Treatment Workssolar farmsolar farm3approved, not builtupdated May 2025Aug 2024granted Apr 2025May 2025York9.2
Elvington Water Treatment Workssolar farmsolar farm1.8abandonedupdated Dec 2019Dec 2015granted May 2016Dec 2019York9.4
Gallymoor Landfill Sitewind farmwind farm1.8approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jan 2020Feb 2011granted Jul 2012Jan 2020East Riding of Yorkshire9.4
Market Weighton Road, Barlby Solar Farm & Battery Storagesolar farmsolar farm30application submittedupdated Oct 2025Jul 2025—Oct 2025East Riding of Yorkshire9.6
Market Weighton Road, Barlby Solar Farm & Battery Storagebattery storagebattery storage10application submittedupdated Oct 2025Jul 2025—Oct 2025East Riding of Yorkshire9.6
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
Greenlands Farm, Barmby Moor Solar Photovoltaic Arraysrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025Aug 2025granted Oct 2025Nov 2025East Riding of Yorkshire4.2
The Gardenssolar farmsolar farm0.3permission expiredupdated Mar 2020Dec 2019granted Nov 2020Mar 2020East Riding of Yorkshire6.1
Ryedale Farm, Seaton Common Lanerooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Aug 2025Jul 2025granted Aug 2025Aug 2025East Riding of Yorkshire6.3
Grove Farm, Main Streetwind farmwind farm0.5approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025Apr 2025granted Oct 2025Nov 2025East Riding of Yorkshire7.0
Wigwam Holidays Ball Hall Farm, Ballhall Lanesolar farmsolar farm0.2application submittedupdated May 2026Apr 2026—May 2026East Riding of Yorkshire8.7
St Helens Farm, Reangamoor Lanerooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025May 2025granted Jul 2025Jul 2025East Riding of Yorkshire9.1

Distance from the average position of the YO42 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 farm6220083.2
Rooftop solar303000.9
Wind farm202002.2
Wind turbine101001
Battery storage514001,110

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

How East Riding of Yorkshire decides solar, wind and battery applications

ApplicationsEast Riding of YorkshireUK
Decided applications (solar, wind, battery)14310,236
Refused26 (18%)19%
Solar refused1 of 5912%
Onshore wind refused24 of 6345%
Battery storage refused1 of 2116%
Median time from submission to decision18.9 weeks17.0 weeks
Appeals lodged / allowed4 / 10—

All projects in East Riding of Yorkshire

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 YO42, 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.

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