Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 2 (Lisburn) (7 MW)
Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 2 (Lisburn) is a 7 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 18 April 2017.
7 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
18 April 2017record last updated
Lisburn and Castlereaghcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 May 2015 | Application submitted |
| 14 October 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 July 2016 | Construction started |
| 20 February 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 18 April 2017
- Operator or applicant
- RAD Energy One/ Island Green Power
- Planning authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Planning application reference
- LA05/2015/0157/F
- Address (REPD)
- Lands immediately north east o, Moneybroom Road, the junction of Ballinderry Rd, Lisburn
- Council area (by location)
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Time to decision
- 21 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5331
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 1 (Lisburn) | solar farm | 13.5 | operational | 0.9 |
| Battery Storage System Development in Lisburn | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 2.3 |
| Former Maghaberry Airfield | solar farm | 25.7 | operational | 6.4 |
| Hillside Solar Farm | solar farm | 25.2 | operational | 7.9 |
| Colinglen Road Battery | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 8.0 |
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 (54.5132, -6.0883).