Rush Wall Solar Park (75 MW)
Rush Wall Solar Park is a 75 MW solar farm project in Newport, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused; appeal lodged on 8 February 2024; the record was last updated on 13 February 2024. It is decided by the Welsh Government as a development of national significance. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 March 2022 | Application submitted |
| 8 February 2024 | Appeal lodged |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 75 MW
- Status (REPD)
- appeal lodged
- Record last updated
- 13 February 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Rush Wall Solar Park
- Planning authority
- Welsh Government (NSIP)
- Planning application reference
- DNS/3220457
- Site area
- 85.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land near Redwick, SE of Newport
- Council area (by location)
- Newport
- REPD reference
- 7194
Who decides
It is decided by the Welsh Government as a development of national significance. Welsh Government (NSIP) refused 22% of 55 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 67 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abertillery Wind farm | wind farm | 39.6 | application submitted | 1.5 |
| Llanwern Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 75 | operational | 3.9 |
| Land North West of Magor Service Station | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 4.0 |
| Craig y Perthi Solar Farm | solar farm | 99.9 | refused | 4.5 |
| Court Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | operational | 5.8 |
| Uskmouth Power Station | battery storage | 230 | under construction | 7.0 |
| Leeway House, Leeway Industrial Estate | battery storage | 20.6 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Uskmouth Power Station, West Nash Road | battery storage | 120 | under construction | 7.8 |
| Solutia UK Ltd | wind farm | 5 | operational | 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 (51.5522, -2.8481).