Yew Tree Farm, Drointon Lane (49 MW solar farm)
Yew Tree Farm, Drointon Lane is a 49 MW solar farm project in Stafford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 7 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 20 June 2025.
49 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
20 June 2025record last updated
Staffordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 20 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Push Energy
- Planning authority
- Stafford
- Planning application reference
- 25/40571/FUL
- Site area
- 86.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Yew Tree Farm Drointon Lane Grindley Stafford
- Council area (by location)
- Stafford
- REPD reference
- 14167
The scheme also includes 30 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Stafford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Farm, Drointon Lane Solar farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.3 |
| Moreton Brook Farm, Lea Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Bagot's Park | wind farm | 18.4 | refused | 5.8 |
| Spring Farm (wind) | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 6.7 |
| Hanyards Lane, Tixall Solar Energy Park | solar farm | 49.5 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Black Flatts Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
| Upper Leigh | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 9.5 |
| Colton Mill Farm & Cawarden Springs Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.6 |
| Former Rugeley Power Station | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 9.8 |
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 (52.842, -1.9609).