Flashbrook Road, Knighton Solar Farm (49.9 MW)
Flashbrook Road, Knighton Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Stafford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 29 February 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 19 March 2024. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 February 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 19 March 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Scottish Power Renewables
- Planning authority
- Stafford
- Planning application reference
- 22/36478/FUL
- Site area
- 112.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Adj Haberdashers Arms, Flashbrook Road, Knighton, Stafford
- Council area (by location)
- Stafford
- Name in REPD
- Flashbrook Road, Knighton - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 9741
The scheme also includes 15 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Stafford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunstall Hall Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 4.5 |
| Hollins Lane | battery storage | 13 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Wincote Farm, Wincote Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 30.2 | application submitted | 7.6 |
| Knightley Hall Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | refused | 8.3 |
| Aspley House Farm, Aspley Lane | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
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 (52.8501, -2.3783).