Corley Smorral Lane - Photovoltaic Solar Arrays (16.5 MW)
Corley Smorral Lane - Photovoltaic Solar Arrays is a 16.5 MW solar farm project in Nuneaton and Bedworth, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 27 July 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 29 November 2021. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 27 July 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 27 July 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 November 2021 | Application submitted |
| 27 July 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 27 July 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 16.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 29 November 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Barrs Family Enterprises Limited
- Planning authority
- North Warwickshire
- Planning application reference
- PAP/2021/0605
- Site area
- 22.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- 350 metres NW/O Marlwood Bungalow & Land E/O Breach Oak Lane, Corley Smorral Lane Astley Fillongley, Coventry
- Council area (by location)
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Time to decision
- 36 weeks
- REPD reference
- 10020
Who decides
| Applications | North Warwickshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 32 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 23 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauls Farm, Astley Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Newgate Coolliery Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 6 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| Park Lane, Astley Solar PV Farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Park House Farm, Meriden Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 47.7 | approved, not built | 3.6 |
| Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Land South of Pogmore Spinney | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.6 |
| Coventry National Grid Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 5.8 |
| Coventry National Grid Substation, Hawkesbury Hall | battery storage | 98 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Hollyhurst Farm, Mile Tree Lane | solar farm | 25.6 | application submitted | 6.3 |
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 (52.4743, -1.5438).