Lane South-East from Cowbridge (5 MW solar farm)
Lane South-East from Cowbridge is a 5 MW solar farm project in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 20 November 2015; the record was last updated on 2 December 2015.
5 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
2 December 2015record last updated
Vale of Glamorgancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 20 November 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 2 December 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Solar Century
- Planning authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Planning application reference
- 2015/00649/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- The Farm, , St. Hilary, The Farm, lane South-East from, Cowbridge, South Glamorgan
- Council area (by location)
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Time to decision
- 21 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5436
Who decides
| Applications | Vale of Glamorgan | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 27 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garn Solar Farm | solar farm | 7.4 | operational | 1.8 |
| Pancross & Oaklands Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | under construction | 4.2 |
| Aston Martin Lagonda, Llanmaes | rooftop solar | 6 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Land at Pen Onn Solar Farm | solar farm | 45 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Llancadle Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.2 |
| West Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | operational | 6.2 |
| Aberthaw Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 249 | application submitted | 6.3 |
| Whitton Mawr | solar farm | 6 | operational | 6.3 |
| East Aberthaw Solar farm | solar farm | 35 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
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 (51.45, -3.4143).