Land of coal pit lane (5 MW solar farm)
Land of coal pit lane is a 5 MW solar farm project in Ribble Valley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 31 March 2016; the record was last updated on 13 April 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
13 April 2016record last updated
Ribble Valleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 May 2015 | Application submitted |
| 21 August 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 11 January 2016 | Construction started |
| 31 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 13 April 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Wirsol Energy/Island Green Power
- Planning authority
- Ribble Valley
- Planning application reference
- 3/2015/0459
- Site area
- 11.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land off, Coal Pit Lane, Gisburn, Clitheroe
- Council area (by location)
- Ribble Valley
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5264
Who decides
Ribble Valley has 6 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brightenber Hill | wind farm | 7.5 | refused on appeal | 7.4 |
| Walshaw House, Regent Street | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 9.5 |
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 (53.9275, -2.2596).