Green Lane, Moor Monkton Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage System (49.9 MW)
Green Lane, Moor Monkton Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage System is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 29 April 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 22 August 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
22 August 2025record last updated
North Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 April 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 22 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Eden Renewables
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/01378/EIAMAJ
- Site area
- 86.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- At 450299 453859 Green Lane, Moor Monkton, York
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Name in REPD
- Green Lane, Moor Monkton - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 19332
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | North Yorkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 165 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 28 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 112 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 24 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 13 / 12 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hessay Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Poppleton Solar Farm | solar farm | 32.6 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Harewood Whin, Tinker Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 28 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Overton Grange, Overton Road Solar Farm Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 6.1 |
| Moto Wetherby Motorway Service Area, Deighton Gates Roundabout Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
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 (53.9838, -1.2477).