Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Solar Farm (49.9 MW)
Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Doncaster, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 5 December 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 9 January 2026.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
9 January 2026record last updated
Doncastercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 December 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 9 January 2026
- Operator or applicant
- British Solar Renewables
- Planning authority
- Doncaster
- Planning application reference
- 25/02389/FULM
- Site area
- 94.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell, Doncaster
- Council area (by location)
- Doncaster
- Name in REPD
- Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 19248
Recorded together with Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Battery Energy Storage (30 MW battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Doncaster | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 43 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (7%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 27 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 11 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampole Wind Farm | wind farm | 8 | operational | 1.4 |
| Moorhouse Grange, Moorhouse Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 2.3 |
| Long Lands Lane | battery storage | 12 | abandoned | 3.8 |
| Marr Hall Farm, Barnsley Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | refused | 4.1 |
| Marr Windfarm | wind farm | 8 | operational | 4.2 |
| South Kirkby Business Park | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 5.6 |
| Norton Community Wind Turbines | wind farm | 5 | refused | 7.9 |
| Engine Lane, Grimethorpe Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 8.9 |
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 (53.567, -1.2676).