Land North West of Magor Service Station (5 MW solar farm)
Land North West of Magor Service Station is a 5 MW solar farm project in Monmouthshire, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 15 December 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
abandonedstatus in REPD
15 December 2016record last updated
Monmouthshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2015 | Application submitted |
| 14 December 2015 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 15 December 2016
- Operator or applicant
- INRG Solar
- Planning authority
- Monmouthshire
- Planning application reference
- DC/2015/00573
- Address (REPD)
- Land North West of, Magor Service Statiorea INR, Magor, Caldicot, Gwent
- Council area (by location)
- Monmouthshire
- Time to decision
- 31 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5476
Who decides
| Applications | Monmouthshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 12 | 12% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abertillery Wind farm | wind farm | 39.6 | application submitted | 2.5 |
| Court Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | operational | 3.3 |
| Craig y Perthi Solar Farm | solar farm | 99.9 | refused | 3.4 |
| Rush Wall Solar Park | solar farm | 75 | appeal lodged | 4.0 |
| Llanwern Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 75 | operational | 5.5 |
| Southbrook Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.8 |
| Leeway House, Leeway Industrial Estate | battery storage | 20.6 | approved, not built | 7.9 |
| Oak Grove Farm | solar farm | 5.7 | operational | 8.4 |
| Buckwell Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 8.1 | abandoned | 8.5 |
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 (51.5877, -2.8362).