Moto Hospitality, Trowell Services Area North Solar Farm & Battery (16.1 MW)
Moto Hospitality, Trowell Services Area North Solar Farm & Battery is a 16.1 MW solar farm project in Broxtowe, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 26 February 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 2 May 2025.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 February 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 16.1 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 2 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Moto Hospitality Limited
- Planning authority
- Broxtowe
- Planning application reference
- 25/00147/FUL
- Site area
- 12.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- The Ne/O Moto Hospitality Limited, Trowell Services Area North M1 Trowell Services Northbound Off Slip, Trowell, Nottingham
- Council area (by location)
- Broxtowe
- Name in REPD
- Moto Hospitality, Trowell Services Area North - Solar Farm & Battery
- REPD reference
- 18603
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
Broxtowe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southfields Farm, Common Lane | battery storage | 130 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Ladywood Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 4.7 |
| Solar Farm at Boyah Grange Farm Potato Pit Lane Dale Abbey | solar farm | 35.2 | application submitted | 5.5 |
| Long Lane Solar Farm / Nottingham Brick Works | solar farm | 17 | under construction | 6.6 |
| Boots Campus - Roof Top Solar Farm | rooftop solar | 6.3 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Nottingham University Wind | wind farm | 5 | refused | 7.5 |
| Heanor Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
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 (52.9616, -1.268).