Cavendish Dock Road (40 MW floating solar)
Cavendish Dock Road is a 40 MW floating solar project in Westmorland and Furness, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 5 March 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 2 March 2026.
40 MWfloating solar
application submittedstatus in REPD
2 March 2026record last updated
Westmorland and Furnesscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 March 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- floating solar
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 2 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Associated British Ports
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning application reference
- B03/2025/0085
- Site area
- 21.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Cavendish Dock & Adj To The Port Of Barrow, Cavendish Dock Road, Barrow in Furness
- Council area (by location)
- Westmorland and Furness
- Name in REPD
- Cavendish Dock Road - Solar Array
- REPD reference
- 17087
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosecote | battery storage | 49 | operational | 2.6 |
| Roosecote Power Station, Rampside Road | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| Sowerby Lodge Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.3 |
| Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 7.8 |
| Roanhead Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 8.3 |
| Solar Farm at Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 8.5 |
| Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 9.2 |
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 (54.1008, -3.23).