Land at Mill Farm (7.1 MW solar farm)
Land at Mill Farm is a 7.1 MW solar farm project in Charnwood, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 15 August 2020; the record was last updated on 3 September 2020.
7.1 MWsolar farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
3 September 2020record last updated
Charnwoodcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 15 August 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 August 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 7.1 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 3 September 2020
- Operator or applicant
- TGC Renewables
- Planning authority
- Charnwood
- Planning application reference
- P/15/1054/2
- Site area
- 14.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Mill Farm, Nottingham Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Council area (by location)
- Charnwood
- Time to decision
- 112 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5434
Who decides
| Applications | Charnwood | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 20 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.5 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poole Farm, Quorn Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Moor Lane | solar farm | 5.8 | application withdrawn | 3.1 |
| Nottingham Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 34 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Gypsom Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.1 |
| Syston Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 26 | under construction | 6.3 |
| Charley Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Barn Farm (Stanford On Soar) | solar farm | 30 | refused on appeal | 7.2 |
| Melton Road | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 7.7 |
| Land South of Melton Rd | solar farm | 5 | refused | 7.7 |
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 (52.7384, -1.1773).