Station Lane, South Stainley (10 MW solar farm)
Station Lane, South Stainley is a 10 MW solar farm project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 April 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 3 May 2024.
10 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
3 May 2024record last updated
North Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 November 2022 | Application submitted |
| 17 April 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 April 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 3 May 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Boultbee Brooks Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- 22/04423/FULMAJ
- Site area
- 19.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- North Of Burton Top Farm Station Lane South Stainley
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 72 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- REPD reference
- 9102
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | North Yorkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 165 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 28 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 112 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 24 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 13 / 12 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wormald Green | battery storage | 33 | operational | 1.5 |
| Cayton Solar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Wormald Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 43 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Low Moor Lane, Scotton | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 4.0 |
| Jenny Field Drive | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| New Oaks, Station Road | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 8.2 |
| High Boar Wind Farm | wind farm | 8 | refused | 9.3 |
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 (54.0633, -1.5334).