Winterton Landfill Site - Ground Mounted Solar PV Arrays (5 MW)
Winterton Landfill Site - Ground Mounted Solar PV Arrays is a 5 MW solar farm project in North Lincolnshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 December 2022; the record was last updated on 20 December 2022.
5 MWsolar farm
under constructionstatus in REPD
20 December 2022record last updated
North Lincolnshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 March 2021 | Application submitted |
| 9 July 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2022 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 20 December 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Infinis Solar Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Planning application reference
- PA/2021/441
- Site area
- 13.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land on the restored part of Winterton Landfill site, access roads to landfill site, Winterton
- Council area (by location)
- North Lincolnshire
- Time to decision
- 17 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8857
Who decides
| Applications | North Lincolnshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 47 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 15 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 33 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 10 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironstone Quarry Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.5 | refused | 1.3 |
| Winterton Road, Roxby Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 4.2 |
| Carr Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 9 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Bagmoor | wind farm | 16 | operational | 5.8 |
| Grange | wind farm | 12.3 | operational | 6.1 |
| Flixborough Industrial Estate | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.4 |
| North Wharf Solar Farm | solar farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 7.4 |
| Melton Common Wind Cluster | wind farm | 5 | operational | 7.5 |
| North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
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 (53.6757, -0.6321).