Sowerby Lodge Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Sowerby Lodge Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Westmorland and Furness, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 June 2018; the record was last updated on 27 September 2018.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
27 September 2018record last updated
Westmorland and Furnesscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 October 2014 | Application submitted |
| 13 February 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 May 2018 | Construction started |
| 30 June 2018 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 27 September 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Gamma Solar Limited
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning application reference
- B03/2014/0643
- Site area
- 13.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Sowerby Lodge Farm, Bank Lane, Barrow-in-Furness
- Council area (by location)
- Westmorland and Furness
- Time to decision
- 18 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1506
Who decides
| Applications | Westmorland and Furness | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 42 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 14 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 9 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 3.8 |
| Cavendish Dock Road | floating solar | 40 | application submitted | 4.3 |
| Roanhead Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 4.4 |
| Solar Farm at Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 4.8 |
| Roosecote Power Station, Rampside Road | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 5.0 |
| Roosecote | battery storage | 49 | operational | 5.0 |
| Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 5.9 |
| Haverigg Prison | wind farm | 9 | abandoned | 8.4 |
| Langthwaite Farm | wind farm | 12 | application submitted | 8.7 |
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 (54.1389, -3.2399).