Land At Debdale Lane (5 MW solar farm)
Land At Debdale Lane is a 5 MW solar farm project in Mansfield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 25 March 2016; the record was last updated on 1 August 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
1 August 2016record last updated
Mansfieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2015 | Application submitted |
| 21 October 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 January 2016 | Construction started |
| 25 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 1 August 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Equitix Fund IV
- Planning authority
- Mansfield
- Planning application reference
- 2015/0449/NT
- Site area
- 17.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land At Debdale Lane, Burlington Drive, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Council area (by location)
- Mansfield
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5401
Who decides
| Applications | Mansfield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 15 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 14 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 2.3 |
| Littlewood Lane Solar | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.5 |
| Hamilton Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | refused | 4.1 |
| Land West Of Sookholme Road | solar farm | 10 | refused | 4.3 |
| Roseland Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | refused | 5.1 |
| Two Oaks Quarry | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 6.0 |
| Lindhurst Wind Farm | wind farm | 15 | operational | 6.4 |
| Brecks Solar Farm | solar farm | 45.4 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Losk Lane | wind farm | 5 | refused | 7.0 |
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 (53.1602, -1.2161).