Gypsom Solar Farm (5 MW)
Gypsom Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Charnwood, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 31 March 2017; the record was last updated on 31 October 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
31 October 2017record last updated
Charnwoodcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 January 2015 | Application submitted |
| 22 September 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 31 January 2017 | Construction started |
| 31 March 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 31 October 2017
- Operator or applicant
- BE Renewables
- Planning authority
- Charnwood
- Planning application reference
- P/14/2359/2
- Site area
- 10.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land North West of Sileby Road, Barrow, Leicestershire
- Council area (by location)
- Charnwood
- Time to decision
- 37 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1811
Who decides
| Applications | Charnwood | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 20 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.5 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syston Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 26 | under construction | 3.5 |
| Poole Farm, Quorn Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Land at Mill Farm | solar farm | 7.1 | permission expired | 4.1 |
| Moor Lane | solar farm | 5.8 | application withdrawn | 5.0 |
| Land South of Melton Rd | solar farm | 5 | refused | 5.2 |
| Melton Road | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 5.3 |
| Nottingham Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 34 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Queniborough wind farm | wind farm | 9.2 | refused | 6.9 |
| Wymeswold Airfield | solar farm | 34 | operational | 7.1 |
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 (52.7397, -1.1161).