Eastern Site (5 MW solar farm)
Eastern Site is a 5 MW solar farm project in Newport, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 8 February 2016; the record was last updated on 4 March 2015.
5 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
4 March 2015record last updated
Newportcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2015 | Application submitted |
| 8 February 2016 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 4 March 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Newport
- Planning application reference
- 15/0903
- Site area
- 11.2 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land to NW of Lodge Farm, Lodge Hill, Caerleon
- Council area (by location)
- Newport
- Time to decision
- 29 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5546
Who decides
| Applications | Newport | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 22 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (23%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 13 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentre Bach Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 3.9 |
| Leeway House, Leeway Industrial Estate | battery storage | 20.6 | approved, not built | 6.1 |
| Mynydd Maen Wind Farm | wind farm | 54.6 | application submitted | 6.2 |
| Traston Road | battery storage | 20 | operational | 6.2 |
| Solutia UK Ltd | wind farm | 5 | operational | 6.4 |
| Cwrt Henllys Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.8 |
| Land East of Panteg Way | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 6.8 |
| Court Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | operational | 7.5 |
| Craig y Perthi Solar Farm | solar farm | 99.9 | refused | 7.9 |
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 (51.6234, -2.9812).