Land between Orton Park Farm (6.4 MW solar farm)
Land between Orton Park Farm is a 6.4 MW solar farm project in Cumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 29 March 2016; the record was last updated on 22 March 2016.
6.4 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
22 March 2016record last updated
Cumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2015 | Application submitted |
| 23 September 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 January 2016 | Construction started |
| 29 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 6.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 22 March 2016
- Operator or applicant
- INRG Solar
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning application reference
- 15/0405
- Site area
- 13.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land between Orton Park Farm, Newby West, Carlisle
- Council area (by location)
- Cumberland
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5330
Who decides
| Applications | Cumberland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 91 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (33%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 32 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 25 of 45 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 14 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grassing Rome Street | battery storage | 15.5 | approved, not built | 3.7 |
| Cargo Road, Cargo | battery storage | 200 | abandoned | 5.3 |
| Kingmoor Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.2 |
| Newlands Farm Wind | wind farm | 6.9 | refused on appeal | 7.3 |
| Harker Moss | battery storage | 360 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Harker Grid Sub Station | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 7.6 |
| Heathlands | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 7.7 |
| Blackdyke Farm Battery Storage Project | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 7.9 |
| Low Harker Farm, Low Harker | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
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 (54.8753, -2.9876).