Ballyboley Solar (Carrowdore) (6 MW)
Ballyboley Solar (Carrowdore) is a 6 MW solar farm project in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 28 February 2017; the record was last updated on 18 April 2017.
6 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
18 April 2017record last updated
Ards and North Downcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 October 2014 | Application submitted |
| 3 June 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 October 2016 | Construction started |
| 28 February 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 18 April 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Island Green Power
- Planning authority
- Ards and North Down
- Planning application reference
- X/2014/0538/F
- Address (REPD)
- Lands 88m West of 2a Ballyblack Road East, Carrowdore, Newtownards
- Council area (by location)
- Ards and North Down
- Time to decision
- 35 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4724
Who decides
Ards and North Down has 3 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.
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 (54.5716, -5.5692).