Market Weighton Road, Barlby Solar Farm & Battery Storage (30 MW)
Market Weighton Road, Barlby Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 30 MW solar farm project in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 31 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 October 2025.
30 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
14 October 2025record last updated
East Riding of Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Quintas Cleantech
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- ZG2024/1323/SCN
- Site area
- 55.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Market Weighton Road Barlby
- Council area (by location)
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Name in REPD
- Market Weighton Road, Barlby - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 17893
The scheme also includes 10 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | North Yorkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 165 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 28 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 112 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 24 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 13 / 12 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Valley Wind farm | wind farm | 18 | refused | 5.0 |
| Spaldington Airfield | wind farm | 12.5 | operational | 5.5 |
| Ryedale Farm, Seaton Common Lane | battery storage | 300 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Spaldington Common wind cluster | wind farm | 5 | refused | 7.1 |
| Tara Melbourne Road, Thornton | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 7.4 |
| Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park | solar farm | 50 | under construction | 8.1 |
| Thornton Battery Storage | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
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 (53.839, -0.7623).