Little Snodworth Solar Farm (5 MW)
Little Snodworth Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Ribble Valley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 22 December 2016; the record was last updated on 1 February 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
1 February 2017record last updated
Ribble Valleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 July 2015 | Application submitted |
| 16 October 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 3 May 2016 | Appeal lodged |
| 22 December 2016 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 1 February 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Mulbrick Clean Energy
- Planning authority
- Ribble Valley
- Planning application reference
- 3/2015/0605
- Appeal reference
- APP/T2350/W/16/3147854
- Site area
- 10.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Little Snodworth Farm, Snodworth Road, Langho, Blackburn
- Council area (by location)
- Ribble Valley
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5553
Who decides
Ribble Valley has 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery Storage | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Knuzden Moss Farm, Oswaldtwistle | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Calder Works, Burnley Road | battery storage | 70 | application withdrawn | 7.0 |
| Padiham | battery storage | 99.9 | refused | 7.9 |
| Huncoat Power Station | battery storage | 45 | refused | 8.0 |
| Shuttleworth House, Higher Shuttleworth | battery storage | 100 | refused | 8.1 |
| Hyndburn Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 8.2 | approved, not built | 9.2 |
| Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 26.4 | application submitted | 9.2 |
| Hyndburn Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | operational | 9.5 |
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 (53.7921, -2.4496).