Orrell Hill (20 MW solar farm)
Orrell Hill is a 20 MW solar farm project in Sefton, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 11 June 2015; the record was last updated on 1 July 2015.
20 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
1 July 2015record last updated
Seftoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 12 August 2014 | Application submitted |
| 11 June 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 1 July 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Hive Energy
- Planning authority
- Sefton
- Planning application reference
- DC/2014/01439
- Site area
- 42.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land Bounded By Moss Lane And North End Lane Hightown
- Council area (by location)
- Sefton
- Time to decision
- 43 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2224
Who decides
| Applications | Sefton | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (10%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 33 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Alt Wind Farm | wind farm | 42 | refused | 3.4 |
| Jemmys Carr | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 5.0 |
| North Moss Lane Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 9 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Land at Tip Field | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 5.4 |
| Back Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | appeal withdrawn | 7.1 |
| Fromby Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | appeal withdrawn | 7.5 |
| Hawthorne Road | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 8.3 |
| Gerard Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 17 | refused on appeal | 8.8 |
| Port of Liverpool wind | wind farm | 10 | operational | 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 (53.5264, -3.042).