Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane Solar Farm (10 MW)
Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane Solar Farm is a 10 MW solar farm project in Wigan, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 5 September 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 27 September 2024.
10 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
27 September 2024record last updated
Wigancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 September 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 27 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Whitehead Restoration Limited
- Planning authority
- Wigan
- Planning application reference
- PA/2024/0759
- Site area
- 118.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane, Astley, Manchester
- Council area (by location)
- Wigan
- Name in REPD
- Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 17060
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane Solar Farm A/24/97074/MAJOR | 10 | 3 April 2024 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | Wigan | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 13 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 9.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lights Oaks Moss | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 2.9 |
| Duckinfield Farm, Hurst Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Cleworth Hall Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 4.2 |
| Atherton | battery storage | 30 | operational | 5.7 |
| Silver Lane, Risley Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road | battery storage | 680 | under construction | 6.7 |
| Bent Spur Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.2 |
| Kenyon Lane | solar farm | 5 | refused | 7.6 |
| Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane | battery storage | 35 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
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 (53.4867, -2.4511).