Hillside Solar Farm (25.2 MW)
Hillside Solar Farm is a 25.2 MW solar farm project in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 15 March 2017; the record was last updated on 28 July 2017.
25.2 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
28 July 2017record last updated
Lisburn and Castlereaghcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 19 May 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 February 2017 | Construction started |
| 15 March 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 25.2 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 28 July 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Planning application reference
- LA05/2015/0305/F
- Address (REPD)
- Lds Approximately 180m S Of, 7a Lough Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn, Co Antrim
- Council area (by location)
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Time to decision
- 46 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5443
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moira Road | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 5.3 |
| Knockcairn Road | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 5.5 |
| Battery Storage System Development in Lisburn | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Former Maghaberry Airfield | solar farm | 25.7 | operational | 6.1 |
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 1 (Lisburn) | solar farm | 13.5 | operational | 7.0 |
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 2 (Lisburn) | solar farm | 7 | operational | 7.9 |
| Colinglen Road Battery | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 9.3 |
| Lands West of Belfast Road | solar farm | 10 | operational | 9.4 |
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 (54.5601, -6.1807).