Welby Road Solar Farm (5 MW)
Welby Road Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Melton, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 10 September 2018; the record was last updated on 27 May 2020.
5 MWsolar farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
27 May 2020record last updated
Meltoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 10 September 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 September 2018 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 27 May 2020
- Operator or applicant
- First Renewable Developments
- Planning authority
- Melton
- Planning application reference
- 15/00430/FUL
- Site area
- 13.9 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Fields 7329, 8218 And Top Fiel, 4900, 7900 Welby Road, Asfordby Hill, Melton Mowbray
- Council area (by location)
- Melton
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5272
Who decides
| Applications | Melton | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 23.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asfordby Business Park (1) | battery storage | 23.4 | operational | 0.8 |
| Asfordby Wind Farm | wind farm | 20.7 | refused on appeal | 1.5 |
| Potters~ Hill Solar Photovoltaic Arrays | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Old Hall Solar farm | solar farm | 22.5 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Six Hills Solar Farm | solar farm | 18.7 | operational | 6.1 |
| Crown Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | application withdrawn | 6.2 |
| Woodfold Lane, Brentingby Solar Farm | solar farm | 45 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Woodfold Lane, Brentingby Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Dalby | wind farm | 7.2 | operational | 7.2 |
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 (52.782, -0.9357).