Raventhorpe Lodge (Sweeting Thorns) (25 MW solar farm)
Raventhorpe Lodge (Sweeting Thorns) is a 25 MW solar farm project in North Lincolnshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 5 December 2019; the record was last updated on 23 September 2020.
25 MWsolar farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
23 September 2020record last updated
North Lincolnshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 12 February 2015 | Application submitted |
| 18 November 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 11 May 2016 | Appeal lodged |
| 5 December 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 December 2016 | Appeal allowed |
| 5 December 2019 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 23 September 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Wirsol / Elgar Middleton
- Planning authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Planning application reference
- PA/2015/0114
- Appeal reference
- APP/Y2003/W/16/3145863
- Address (REPD)
- Raventhorpe Lodge, Storage Lan, Brigg Road, Access Road In Raventhorpe Lod, Scunthorpe, Humberside
- Council area (by location)
- North Lincolnshire
- Time to decision
- 95 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5013
Who decides
| Applications | North Lincolnshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 47 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 15 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 33 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 10 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raventhorpe Farm | solar farm | 38 | operational | 1.4 |
| Little Crow Solar Park | solar farm | 150 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Manton Manor Solar Farm | solar farm | 27 | refused on appeal | 4.4 |
| Winterton Road | battery storage | 95 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Sand Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 20.2 | application submitted | 6.2 |
| Scawby Road | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Scawby Brook, Brigg | battery storage | 99 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Bagmoor | wind farm | 16 | operational | 8.9 |
| Winterton Road, Roxby Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 9.2 |
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 (53.5574, -0.6023).