Exton Lane, Burley Solar Farm & Battery Storage (49.9 MW)
Exton Lane, Burley Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Rutland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 27 January 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 February 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
14 February 2025record last updated
Rutlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 January 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Econergy International Limited
- Planning authority
- Rutland
- Planning application reference
- 2024/1482/MAF
- Site area
- 66.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- North Of Exton Lane Burley
- Council area (by location)
- Rutland
- Name in REPD
- Exton Lane, Burley - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11794
Who decides
| Applications | Rutland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 11 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranksborough Farm | solar farm | 28 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Former Woolfox Lodge Airfield | wind farm | 27 | refused | 6.6 |
| Lumiere Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
| Woolfox Quarry | solar farm | 36.7 | permission expired | 7.3 |
| Pilton Village, Luffenham Lane - Staveley Solar Array | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.2 |
| Ketton solar farm | solar farm | 9 | operational | 9.9 |
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 (52.6969, -0.6768).