Melton Road (5 MW solar farm)
Melton Road is a 5 MW solar farm project in Charnwood, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 25 January 2019.
5 MWsolar farm
abandonedstatus in REPD
25 January 2019record last updated
Charnwoodcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 August 2015 | Application submitted |
| 13 November 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 November 2018 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 25 January 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Epsilon Solar
- Planning authority
- Charnwood
- Planning application reference
- P/15/1510/2
- Site area
- 11.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land South of Melton Road, Burton On The Wolds,
- Council area (by location)
- Charnwood
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5583
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melton Road (PV) P/14/1140/2 | 12 | 11 June 2014 | refused 1 September 2014 |
Who decides
| Applications | Charnwood | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 20 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.5 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land South of Melton Rd | solar farm | 5 | refused | 0.5 |
| Solar Farm at E/O Wymeswold | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 2.1 |
| Wymeswold Airfield | solar farm | 34 | operational | 2.2 |
| GDL Wymeswold Solar Farm/land off the A6006 | solar farm | 6.1 | operational | 2.7 |
| Old Dalby Lodge Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 4.1 |
| Six Hills Solar Farm | solar farm | 18.7 | operational | 4.6 |
| Dalby | wind farm | 7.2 | operational | 4.7 |
| West Thorpe Church Farm, Willoughby On The Wolds | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Old Hall Solar farm | solar farm | 22.5 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
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 (52.786, -1.0946).