Bretton Hall Solar Farm (England) (14 MW)
Bretton Hall Solar Farm (England) is a 14 MW solar farm project in Flintshire, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 12 October 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 October 2023.
14 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 October 2023record last updated
Flintshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 May 2022 | Application submitted |
| 12 October 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 October 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 14 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 October 2023
- Operator or applicant
- YnNi Newydd (New Energy Co-op)
- Planning authority
- Flintshire
- Planning application reference
- 22/02042/FUL
- Site area
- 23.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Bretton Hall Farm, Chester Road, Bretton, Chester,
- Council area (by location)
- Flintshire
- Time to decision
- 71 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7940
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Flintshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (22%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 13 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 30.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretton Hall Solar Farm (Wales) | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Wood Farm Solar Park (linked site) | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 3.7 |
| Banks Farm Solar Park (linked site) | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 4.3 |
| Huntington Water Treatment Works | solar farm | 7.2 | operational | 5.6 |
| Portmanmoor Road Industrial Estate, Splott Battery Storage Units | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
| Electricity Substation, Bellevue Lane | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
| Mollington | battery storage | 240 | approved, not built | 8.5 |
| Land West Of Vicarage Lane | solar farm | 5 | application submitted | 8.7 |
| Shotwick Solar Farm | solar farm | 72.2 | operational | 9.4 |
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 (53.1678, -2.9505).