Woodhouse Fields Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Woodhouse Fields Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in East Staffordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 10 February 2017; the record was last updated on 19 July 2018.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
19 July 2018record last updated
East Staffordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 August 2015 | Application submitted |
| 20 November 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 December 2016 | Construction started |
| 10 February 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 19 July 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Wirsol
- Planning authority
- East Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- P/2015/01032
- Site area
- 8.9 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land To East Of, Nab Lane, Rocester, Uttoxeter
- Council area (by location)
- East Staffordshire
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5577
Who decides
| Applications | East Staffordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 21 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 19 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar farm at land at The Willows, Uttoxeter | solar farm | 6.4 | operational | 6.2 |
| Spring Farm (wind) | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 6.7 |
| Twin Oaks Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 6.8 |
| Tean Leys Farm, Tean Leys | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 7.9 |
| Holtwood Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.9 |
| Upper Leigh Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Moneystone Quarry Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.3 |
| Upper Leigh | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 9.0 |
| Totmonslow Farm, Upper Tean Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.8 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
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 (52.9491, -1.8698).