Former Maghaberry Airfield (25.7 MW solar farm)
Former Maghaberry Airfield is a 25.7 MW solar farm project in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 January 2018; the record was last updated on 30 April 2018.
25.7 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
30 April 2018record last updated
Lisburn and Castlereaghcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 January 2015 | Application submitted |
| 26 April 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 September 2017 | Construction started |
| 30 January 2018 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 25.7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 30 April 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Planning application reference
- S/2014/0913/F
- Address (REPD)
- Former Maghaberry Airfield, Antrim, Craigavon, Co Armagh
- Council area (by location)
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Time to decision
- 67 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4954
Who decides
Lisburn and Castlereagh has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage System Development in Lisburn | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 1 (Lisburn) | solar farm | 13.5 | operational | 5.8 |
| Hillside Solar Farm | solar farm | 25.2 | operational | 6.1 |
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 2 (Lisburn) | solar farm | 7 | operational | 6.4 |
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 (54.5058, -6.1863).