Ladywood Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Ladywood Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Erewash, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 28 October 2015; the record was last updated on 5 November 2015.
5 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
5 November 2015record last updated
Erewashcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 September 2015 | Application submitted |
| 28 October 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 5 November 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Global Renewable Construction
- Planning authority
- Erewash
- Planning application reference
- 0915/0023
- Site area
- 8.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Ladywood Farm, Ladywood Road, Dale Abbey, Ilkeston
- Council area (by location)
- Erewash
- Time to decision
- 7 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5648
Who decides
Erewash has 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Farm at Boyah Grange Farm Potato Pit Lane Dale Abbey | solar farm | 35.2 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Moto Hospitality, Trowell Services Area North Solar Farm & Battery | solar farm | 16.1 | application submitted | 4.7 |
| Southfields Farm, Common Lane | battery storage | 130 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Heanor Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
| Derby Sewage Treatment Works | wind farm | 5 | operational | 7.2 |
| Lockington Solar Park | solar farm | 15 | permission expired | 9.6 |
| Long Lane Solar Farm / Nottingham Brick Works | solar farm | 17 | under construction | 9.9 |
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 (52.953, -1.3362).