Land off Tithe Barn lane (5 MW solar farm)
Land off Tithe Barn lane is a 5 MW solar farm project in Chorley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 11 February 2015; the record was last updated on 20 February 2015.
5 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
20 February 2015record last updated
Chorleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 October 2014 | Application submitted |
| 11 February 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 20 February 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Cassidy & Ashton Group Ltd
- Planning authority
- Chorley
- Planning application reference
- 14/01132/FULMAJ
- Site area
- 18.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Tithebarn Farm, Tithe Barn Lane, Heapey, Chorley
- Council area (by location)
- Chorley
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4735
Who decides
Chorley has 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tithe Barn Lane | solar | 8 | refused | <0.1 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lane | solar farm | 12 | application submitted | 2.9 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lane | battery storage | 5 | application submitted | 2.9 |
| The Glowhouse | battery storage | 5 | under construction | 8.4 |
| Charnock Richard | battery storage | 30 | operational | 8.9 |
| Vause Farm | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
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 (53.6747, -2.6004).