Macaulay Lane Solar Farm (8 MW)
Macaulay Lane Solar Farm is an 8 MW solar farm project in North East Lincolnshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 9 September 2022; the record was last updated on 23 September 2022.
8 MWsolar farm
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
23 September 2022record last updated
North East Lincolnshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 May 2021 | Application submitted |
| 9 September 2022 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 23 September 2022
- Operator or applicant
- SEC Power 3 Limited
- Planning authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Planning application reference
- DM/0331/21/FUL
- Site area
- 14.9 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Macaulay Lane Former Refuse Disposal Site Macaulay Street Grimsby
- Council area (by location)
- North East Lincolnshire
- REPD reference
- 9029
Who decides
| Applications | North East Lincolnshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 41 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Marsh (Phase 2) | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | <0.1 |
| Magnolia Street | battery storage | 20 | abandoned | 0.8 |
| Bradley Road | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Bradley Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 43.7 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Grimsby Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 4.6 |
| Low Farm Solar Array | solar farm | 20 | operational | 4.7 |
| Stallingborough Wind farm | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 5.2 |
| Hewitts Avenue, New Waltham | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Laceby Solar Farm | solar farm | 27.1 | operational | 5.8 |
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 (53.5722, -0.1072).