Land off, Common Lane (5 MW solar farm)
Land off, Common Lane is a 5 MW solar farm project in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 25 May 2016; the record was last updated on 30 May 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
30 May 2016record last updated
Cheshire West and Chestercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 April 2015 | Application submitted |
| 21 October 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 21 December 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 25 May 2016 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 30 May 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Peel Energy
- Planning authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Planning application reference
- 15/01724/FUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/A0665/W/15/3140162
- Site area
- 10.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land off, Common Lane, Hapsford, Frodsham
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Time to decision
- 25 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5337
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire West and Chester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 54 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hob Lane, Dunham On The Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Land At Elton Farm | solar farm | 5 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Frodsham Marsh | wind farm | 50.4 | operational | 4.8 |
| Oil Sites Road | battery storage | 9.6 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Frodsham Solar Project & Battery Storage | solar farm | 147 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Electricity Substation, Bellevue Lane | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Portmanmoor Road Industrial Estate, Splott Battery Storage Units | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Cholmondeley Road | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| Cheshire Power Station | battery storage | 45 | approved, not built | 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 (53.2613, -2.7984).