Royals Wood Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Royals Wood Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Cheshire East, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 4 January 2019.
5 MWsolar farm
abandonedstatus in REPD
4 January 2019record last updated
Cheshire Eastcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 August 2015 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 4 January 2019
- Operator or applicant
- INRG Solar
- Planning authority
- Cheshire East
- Planning application reference
- 15/3380N
- Site area
- 8.2 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land South Of Royals Wood Farm, Whitchurch, Aston
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire East
- REPD reference
- 5601
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire East | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (10%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 36 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combermere Abbey | solar farm | 14 | operational | 0.5 |
| Hurst Hall | solar farm | 13.3 | refused on appeal | 3.2 |
| Chads Farm - Photovoltaic Arrays & Battery Storage | solar farm | 15 | application submitted | 6.9 |
| Twemlows | solar farm | 10 | operational | 8.0 |
| Fields Farm (Agden) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.6 |
| Hatherton Lodge | solar farm | 8.3 | permission expired | 9.1 |
| Bubney Farm | solar farm | 40 | operational | 9.2 |
| Hatherton Lodge Farm, Hunsterson Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 12.5 | approved, not built | 9.3 |
| Hadley Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.6 | operational | 9.8 |
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 (53.0039, -2.5964).