Land West Of Vicarage Lane (5 MW solar farm)
Land West Of Vicarage 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: application submitted on 11 May 2015, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 6 July 2015. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2015 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 6 July 2015
- Operator or applicant
- SEP Puddington
- Planning authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Planning application reference
- 15/01910/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land West Of, Vicarage Lane, Shotwick, Chester, Cheshire
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire West and Chester
- REPD reference
- 5317
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotwick Solar Farm | solar farm | 72.2 | operational | 1.4 |
| Mollington | battery storage | 240 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Rectory Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| National Grid Electricity Substation, Capenhurst Lane | battery storage | 100 | operational | 3.7 |
| Banks Farm Solar Park (linked site) | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 4.4 |
| Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 4.6 |
| Native River | battery storage | 57 | operational | 4.6 |
| Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Wood Farm Solar Park (linked site) | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 5.1 |
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 (53.2401, -3.0013).