Land West Of Hunger Hill Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Land West Of Hunger Hill Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Darlington, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 15 February 2017; the record was last updated on 4 December 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
4 December 2017record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 May 2015 | Application submitted |
| 13 August 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 December 2016 | Construction started |
| 15 February 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 4 December 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Greencoat Capital
- Planning authority
- Darlington
- Planning application reference
- 15/00484/FUL
- Site area
- 19.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land West Of Hunger Hill Farm,, Middleton St George, Brass Castle, Darlington
- Council area (by location)
- Darlington
- Time to decision
- 12 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5301
Who decides
| Applications | Darlington | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 21 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 17 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burtree Lane Solar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 7.0 |
| Long Pasture Farm, Little Stainton Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Newbiggin Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | refused | 7.4 |
| Moor House Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | operational | 7.6 |
| Broken Scar Water Treatment Works Solar Farm | solar farm | 9 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| East Cowton Solar Farm | solar farm | 30.8 | application submitted | 8.1 |
| Byers Gill Solar Farm | solar farm | 180 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Gately Moor Reservoir, Redmarshall Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
| Eaglescliffe Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.2 |
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 (54.5069, -1.4851).