Fourstones Solar Park (49.9 MW)
Fourstones Solar Park is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Northumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 15 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 19 September 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
19 September 2025record last updated
Northumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 19 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Mespil Solar Energy
- Planning authority
- Northumberland
- Planning application reference
- 25/02869/RENE
- Site area
- 65.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Fourstones, Hexham
- Council area (by location)
- Northumberland
- Name in REPD
- Fourstones - Solar Park
- REPD reference
- 18691
Recorded together with Fourstones -Battery Energy Storage (60 MW battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Northumberland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 82 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 31 (38%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 25 of 34 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 33.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 10 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourstones Substation, Fourstones Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 32 | application submitted | 1.6 |
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 (55.0218, -2.1925).