Land At Penny Hill Lane (5 MW solar farm)
Land At Penny Hill Lane is a 5 MW solar farm project in Rotherham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 20 November 2020; the record was last updated on 19 June 2020.
5 MWsolar farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
19 June 2020record last updated
Rotherhamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 August 2015 | Application submitted |
| 20 November 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 20 November 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 19 June 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- Rotherham
- Planning application reference
- RB2015/1084
- Site area
- 11.2 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land At, Penny Hill Lane, Ulley, Sheffield
- Council area (by location)
- Rotherham
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5710
Who decides
| Applications | Rotherham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 31 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 16 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penny Hill Lane | wind farm | 19.8 | operational | 1.1 |
| New South Farm, Piper Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 31.2 | application submitted | 1.7 |
| Common Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | battery storage | 49 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Common Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Nether Moor Field | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 2.9 |
| Thurcroft Interchange Energy Park Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.0 |
| Thurcroft Interchange Energy Park | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 3.0 |
| Green Lane, Thurcroft | battery storage | 85 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Moat Lane, Wickersley | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
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 (53.377, -1.2846).