Barnsley: energy planning applications
29 battery, solar and wind applications in the government planning database for Barnsley, 255 MW in all. 3 still in planning.
Battery storage 6 · Solar 16 · Onshore wind 7 · Battery storage across the UK · Solar across the UK · Wind across the UK
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Every application in Barnsley, newest first
- Oakwell Stadium, Grove Street - Solar Panels
- Cranswick Convenience Foods, Valley Park Industrial Estate - Solar Panels
- Burntwood Sports & Leisure Centre, Common Road - Solar Panels
- Engine Lane, Grimethorpe - Solar Farm
- Mitchells Industrial Park, Bradberry Balk Lane - Battery Energy Storage
- Park Springs, Long Royd - Solar Panels
- Yorkshire Water Services, Ings Road - Solar Panel Array
- Premier Foods Bakery, Fish Dam Lane - Solar Farm
- Monk Bretton Service Reservoir - Solar Array
- Lundwood, Sewage Works - Solar Array
- Worsbrough Waste Water Treatment Works - Solar Panels
- Tofts Lane, Hunshelf - Battery Storage
- Naylor Industries, Station Road Industrial Estate - Solar Panels
- Ferrymoor Way, Grimethorpe - Solar Panels
- Hoyland Sports Centre - Solar Photovoltaic Panels
- Westgate Plaza One - Solar Photovoltaic Panels & Air Source Heat Pumps
- Stairfoot Battery Storage Facility
- Hazlehead Wind Farm Battery
- Tesco Wombwell Lane
- Tofts Lane
- Barnsley Battery Energy Storage
- Spicer Hill Wind Farm Extension
- Park Spring Wind Farm
- Goldthorpe
- Spicer Hill Wind Farm
- Blackstone Edge
- Hazlehead
- Hepworth Clay Pipeworks Wind Farm
- Royd Moor
Latest decisions
- Mitchells Industrial Park, Bradberry Balk Lane - Battery Energy Storage
- Cranswick Convenience Foods, Valley Park Industrial Estate - Solar Panels
- Yorkshire Water Services, Ings Road - Solar Panel Array
- Burntwood Sports & Leisure Centre, Common Road - Solar Panels
- Premier Foods Bakery, Fish Dam Lane - Solar Farm
- Monk Bretton Service Reservoir - Solar Array
- Park Springs, Long Royd - Solar Panels
- Lundwood, Sewage Works - Solar Array
Refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal
Incidents on the register near Barnsley's applications
8 incidents within 50 km of an application here, nearest first. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.
- Northern Powergrid worker seriously injured in Huddersfield substation fire
- Fire starts in solar panels on commercial roof in Doncaster
- Solar battery smoke prompts fire crew response at Denton home
- Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farm
- Substation fire on George Richards Way in Altrincham
- Fire destroys single turbine at Knabs Ridge wind farm near Harrogate
- Fire in a battery container at Rufford Colliery BESS, Rainworth, caused by a short circuit in NMC cells
- Substation fault leaves thousands without power in Padiham
For a planning case
The planning evidence pack sets out, for one application in Barnsley, every comparable incident nearest first with its sources, the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal nearby, and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. Launch price: £145 until 31 October (normally £295). Download a sample pack (PDF).
Neighbouring planning authorities
Data updated 3 August 2026 from the Renewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ), published quarterly.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Every planning authority.