Bleabeck Solar Farm (10 MW)
Bleabeck Solar Farm is a 10 MW solar farm project in Westmorland and Furness, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 20 February 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 21 March 2025.
10 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
21 March 2025record last updated
Westmorland and Furnesscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 February 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 21 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Noventum Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning application reference
- B03/2024/0551
- Site area
- 19.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Roanhead Farm, Hawthwaite Lane, Barrow in Furness
- Council area (by location)
- Westmorland and Furness
- Name in REPD
- Bleabeck - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 14271
Who decides
| Applications | Westmorland and Furness | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 42 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 14 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 9 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roanhead Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 0.6 |
| Solar Farm at Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 1.3 |
| Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 2.6 |
| Sowerby Lodge Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.8 |
| Furness Wind Farm/High Winds (Harlock Repowering) | wind farm | 11.5 | operational | 6.2 |
| Langthwaite Farm | wind farm | 12 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Haverigg Prison | wind farm | 9 | abandoned | 7.4 |
| Roosecote Power Station, Rampside Road | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 7.5 |
| Roosecote | battery storage | 49 | operational | 7.5 |
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 (54.1706, -3.2171).