Welsh Lane (30 MW solar farm)
Welsh Lane is a 30 MW solar farm project in West Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 25 November 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 November 2021. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 25 November 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 25 November 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 April 2021 | Application submitted |
| 25 November 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 25 November 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 November 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon
- Planning authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- WNS/2021/0498/EIA
- Site area
- 60.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land to the North of Brackley, Banbury, Oxfordshire
- Council area (by location)
- West Northamptonshire
- Time to decision
- 30 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8056
Who decides
| Applications | West Northamptonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 87 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 23 (26%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 12 of 65 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 9 of 12 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 10 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 10 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Farm Ridge | wind farm | 15 | refused | 0.8 |
| Halse Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.8 |
| Hall Farm | solar farm | 5.1 | operational | 3.3 |
| Farthinghoe Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | refused | 3.8 |
| Manor Farm, Whitfield | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 5.2 |
| Turweston Solar Farm | solar farm | 16.7 | operational | 6.9 |
| Primrose Hill Farm, Oxford Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 24 | application submitted | 7.7 |
| Litchlake Farm | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 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 (52.0815, -1.1683).