Land at Bluehouse Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Land at Bluehouse Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Hartlepool, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 31 August 2016; the record was last updated on 22 December 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
22 December 2016record last updated
Hartlepoolcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Application submitted |
| 30 November 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 June 2016 | Construction started |
| 31 August 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 22 December 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Hartlepool
- Planning application reference
- H/2015/0316
- Site area
- 11.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Bluehouse Farm, Stockton Road, Newton Bewley, Billingham
- Council area (by location)
- Hartlepool
- Time to decision
- 12 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5656
Who decides
| Applications | Hartlepool | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 12 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 32.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belasis Avenue | battery storage | 75 | approved, not built | 3.7 |
| Red Gap Moor Wind Farm | wind farm | 12.5 | operational | 3.7 |
| Brenda Road Wind Turbine | wind turbine | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 4.1 |
| Graythorp Wind Turbine | wind turbine | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 4.2 |
| Tofts Road Wind Turbine | wind turbine | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 4.3 |
| Norton Bottoms | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 5.6 |
| High Barnes Farm, Coal Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| High Barnes Farm, Coal Lane | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Worset Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
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 (54.6326, -1.2684).