Middleton Farm Cottage, Middleton Road (40 MW solar farm)
Middleton Farm Cottage, Middleton Road is a 40 MW solar farm project in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 3 September 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 30 September 2025.
40 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
30 September 2025record last updated
Renfrewshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Application submitted |
| 3 September 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 3 September 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 30 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Bluestone Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Renfrewshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/0232/PP
- Site area
- 61.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Middleton Farm Cottage, Middleton Road, Linwood, Paisley
- Council area (by location)
- Renfrewshire
- Time to decision
- 22 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Middleton Farm Cottage, Middleton Road - Solar Photovoltaic Array
- REPD reference
- 15760
Who decides
| Applications | Renfrewshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 15 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (27%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 10 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 21.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton Road - Linwood Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 69 | abandoned | 0.7 |
| East Fulwood Energy Storage | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| East Fulwood Greenock Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 14.3 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Well Street | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Glasgow Airport Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.9 | under construction | 3.2 |
| Neilston Greener Grid Park | battery storage | 50 | under construction | 3.3 |
| Laigh Park Water Treatment Works | battery storage | 49.5 | application submitted | 3.5 |
| Barnwell, Wright Street | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 3.9 |
| Artfield Forest Wind Farm | wind farm | 67.2 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
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 (55.8546, -4.4763).