Land At Elton Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Land At Elton Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 11 May 2015, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 6 July 2015. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2015 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 6 July 2015
- Operator or applicant
- SEP Elton
- Planning authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Planning application reference
- 15/01909/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land At Elton Farm, Hapsford Lane, Ince, Chester
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire West and Chester
- REPD reference
- 5300
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire West and Chester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 54 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hob Lane, Dunham On The Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Land off, Common Lane | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 2.2 |
| Frodsham Marsh | wind farm | 50.4 | operational | 2.9 |
| Frodsham Solar Project & Battery Storage | solar farm | 147 | application submitted | 4.6 |
| Oil Sites Road | battery storage | 9.6 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Cholmondeley Road | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Cheshire Power Station | battery storage | 45 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Plant, North Road | rooftop solar | 9.3 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
| St Michaels Road, Ditton Road | battery storage | 14 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
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 (53.281, -2.797).