Yearby Village - Tees Solar Farm (49.9 MW)
Yearby Village - Tees Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Redcar and Cleveland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 April 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 31 May 2024.
49.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
31 May 2024record last updated
Redcar and Clevelandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 January 2023 | Application submitted |
| 30 April 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 April 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 31 May 2024
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Energy Renewables
- Planning authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Planning application reference
- R/2023/0002/FFM
- Site area
- 75.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Near Yearby Village, South Of Redcar, Yearby, Redcar
- Council area (by location)
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Time to decision
- 69 weeks
- REPD reference
- 9353
Who decides
| Applications | Redcar and Cleveland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton | wind farm | 6.6 | application withdrawn | 1.6 |
| Tesside GigaPark | battery storage | 1,000 | application submitted | 3.1 |
| Teesworks Battery Storage Project | battery storage | 1,000 | application withdrawn | 3.6 |
| Bank Field Wind Farm | wind farm | 17 | application withdrawn | 4.2 |
| Wilton International, Greystones Road - Phase 1 | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Greystones Road, Grangetown | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Lackenby | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 4.5 |
| Old Hall Farm, Lackenby | battery storage | 244 | application submitted | 4.7 |
| Tees Wind North | wind farm | 45 | abandoned | 4.9 |
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 (54.5881, -1.0666).