Hill Solar Farm (5 MW)
Hill Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Westmorland and Furness, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 21 January 2016; the record was last updated on 4 February 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
4 February 2016record last updated
Westmorland and Furnesscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 August 2015 | Application submitted |
| 21 January 2016 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 4 February 2016
- Operator or applicant
- New Energy for the World
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning application reference
- B06/2015/0532
- Site area
- 12.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Proposed Solar Farm, Broughton Road, Dalton-In-Furness
- Council area (by location)
- Westmorland and Furness
- REPD reference
- 5666
Who decides
| Applications | Westmorland and Furness | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 42 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 14 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 9 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Farm at Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 1.4 |
| Roanhead Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 2.1 |
| Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| Furness Wind Farm/High Winds (Harlock Repowering) | wind farm | 11.5 | operational | 4.0 |
| Sowerby Lodge Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.9 |
| Gunson Height Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.8 | refused | 6.3 |
| Kirkby Moor Repowering | wind farm | 18 | refused | 7.0 |
| Roosecote Power Station, Rampside Road | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 8.1 |
| Roosecote | battery storage | 49 | operational | 8.1 |
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 (54.1777, -3.1783).