Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 1 (Lisburn) (13.5 MW)
Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 1 (Lisburn) is a 13.5 MW solar farm project in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 20 February 2017; the record was last updated on 23 March 2017.
13.5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
23 March 2017record last updated
Lisburn and Castlereaghcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2014 | Application submitted |
| 11 November 2014 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 June 2016 | Construction started |
| 20 February 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 13.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 23 March 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Hadstone Energy/Island Green Power
- Planning authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Planning application reference
- S/2014/0492/F
- Address (REPD)
- Lands located 110m WNW of 29 Ballinderry Road, Lisburn
- Council area (by location)
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Time to decision
- 16 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2236
Who decides
Lisburn and Castlereagh 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.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 2 (Lisburn) | solar farm | 7 | operational | 0.9 |
| Battery Storage System Development in Lisburn | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Former Maghaberry Airfield | solar farm | 25.7 | operational | 5.8 |
| Hillside Solar Farm | solar farm | 25.2 | operational | 7.0 |
| Colinglen Road Battery | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 7.8 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (54.5181, -6.0994).