Land south of Wood Lane (Safeguard Bradwell) (5 MW solar farm)
Land south of Wood Lane (Safeguard Bradwell) is a 5 MW solar farm project in Cheshire East, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 15 January 2017; the record was last updated on 26 May 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
26 May 2017record last updated
Cheshire Eastcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 March 2015 | Application submitted |
| 4 September 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 September 2016 | Construction started |
| 15 January 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 26 May 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Cheshire East
- Planning application reference
- 15/1541C
- Site area
- 14.2 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land south of, Wood Lane, Bradwall, Sandbach, Cheshire
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire East
- Time to decision
- 22 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5447
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire East | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (10%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 36 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former EON Power Station, Booth Lane | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Dragons Lane | battery storage | 12 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Drury Lane | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Land at Moss Farm (North) | solar farm | 6 | permission expired | 5.7 |
| Middlewich Road Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Storage | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Land at Moss Farm (South) | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 5.8 |
| Leighton Hall Farm | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 8.4 |
| Bentley Motors Ltd 1 | rooftop solar | 5.1 | operational | 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 (53.1589, -2.3824).