Blackburn with Darwen: energy planning applications
12 battery, solar and wind applications in the government planning database for Blackburn with Darwen, 36 MW in all. 2 still in planning.
Battery storage 3 · Solar 5 · Onshore wind 4 · Battery storage across the UK · Solar across the UK · Wind across the UK
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Every application in Blackburn with Darwen, newest first
- Horizon Building, Duttons Way - Solar Panels
- Ribble Business Park, Challenge Way - Solar Panels
- Tauheedul Islam Girls High School, Preston New Road - Solar Panels
- Gladstone Street, Little Harwood - Battery Energy Storage Facility
- Crown Paints, Hollins Road - Solar PV Panels
- Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery Storage
- ENWL Training Academy
- Balle Street
- Hoddlesdon Moss
- Hoddlesden Moss
- Hoddlesden Moss
- The Stables (Edgeworth)
Latest decisions
- Horizon Building, Duttons Way - Solar Panels
- Ribble Business Park, Challenge Way - Solar Panels
- Tauheedul Islam Girls High School, Preston New Road - Solar Panels
- Gladstone Street, Little Harwood - Battery Energy Storage Facility
- Crown Paints, Hollins Road - Solar PV Panels
- Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery Storage
- Balle Street
- ENWL Training Academy
Refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal
Incidents on the register near Blackburn with Darwen's applications
9 incidents within 50 km of an application here, nearest first. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.
- Substation fault leaves thousands without power in Padiham
- Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm project
- Fire reported to have started in solar panels at Westleigh primary school
- Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farm
- Substation fire on George Richards Way in Altrincham
- Solar battery smoke prompts fire crew response at Denton home
- Substation fire in Blackpool cuts power to thousands of customers
- Northern Powergrid worker seriously injured in Huddersfield substation fire
- Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool
For a planning case
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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.