Manchester: energy planning applications
55 battery, solar and wind applications in the government planning database for Manchester, 40 MW in all. 4 still in planning.
Battery storage 1 · Solar 53 · Onshore wind 1 · Battery storage across the UK · Solar across the UK · Wind across the UK
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Every application in Manchester, newest first
- Sainsburys Supermarkets, Heaton Park Road - Solar Panels
- Styal Road - Solar Panels
- Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels
- Co Op Academy Belle Vue, Hyde Road - Solar Panels
- Riverside Works, Collyhurst Road - Solar Panels
- Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road - Solar Panels
- Acute Building, Southmoor Road - Solar Panels
- Manchester Academy, Moss Lane East - Solar Panels
- The Windrush Millenium Centre, Alexandra Road - Solar Panels
- Gorton Education Village, Wembley Road - Solar Panels
- Loreto College, Chichester Road - Solar Panels
- East Manchester Academy, Grey Mare Lane - Solar Panels
- Whalley Range High School, Wilbraham Road - Solar Panels
- Dixons Brooklands Academy, Moor Road - Solar Panels
- The Printworks, Withy Grove - Solar Panels
- Dnata City North, Pinfold Lane - Solar Panels
- Thg Icon, Sunbank Lane -Solar Array
- Thg Icon, Sunbank Lane, Unit 2 - Solar Array
- Thg Studio, Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels
- Etihad Stadium, Ashton New Road - Solar Panels
- Styal Road - Solar Panels
- DHL Express Manchester, Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels
- Endress & Hauser, Floats Road - Solar PV panels
- City Football Academy - Solar Panels
- New Smithfield Market - Solar Panels
- New Smithfield Market, Whitworth Street East -Solar Panels
- Duo Plastics Limited, Vickers Street - Solar Panels
- City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels
- Scotscroft Towers Business Park, Wilmslow Road - Solar Panels
- Ymca And Castlefield Hotel, Liverpool Road - Solar Panels
- Manchester Marriott Victoria And Albert Hotel - Solar Panels
- Hammerstone Road Depot - Solar Panels
- Manchester Communication Academy, Silchester Drive - Solar Panels
- Manchester Academy, Moss Lane East - Solar Panels
- Unit C, Kelbrook Road - Solar Panels
- Manchester Metropolitan University, Birley Fields - Solar Panels
- Reliance Trading Estate,Reliance Street - Solar Panels
- G H Sheldon, Stainburn Road - Solar Panels
- Xaverian College, Lower Park Road - Solar Panels
- Ashton Old Road - Solar Panels
- The National Cycling Centre - Solar Photovoltaic Panels
- Timpson Road - Solar Panels
- Wythenshawe Hospital - Solar photovoltaic
- Wythenshawe Hospital - Solar Array
- Royal Northern College Of Music, Oxford Road - Solar Photovoltaic panels
- Central Park - Solar photovaltics
- Outer Space Studios Solar Panels
- The Sharp Project - Solar panels
- Sunbank Lane Solar Panels
- The National Cycling Centre Velodrome
- Moston Vale
- Tesco Burnage Store
- Tesco Store East Didsbury
- Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton)
- City of Manchester Stadium
Latest decisions
- Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels
- Co Op Academy Belle Vue, Hyde Road - Solar Panels
- Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road - Solar Panels
- Riverside Works, Collyhurst Road - Solar Panels
- Acute Building, Southmoor Road - Solar Panels
- Manchester Academy, Moss Lane East - Solar Panels
- The Windrush Millenium Centre, Alexandra Road - Solar Panels
- Gorton Education Village, Wembley Road - Solar Panels
Refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal
Incidents on the register near Manchester's applications
11 incidents within 50 km of an application here, nearest first. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.
- Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farm
- Solar battery smoke prompts fire crew response at Denton home
- Substation fire on George Richards Way in Altrincham
- Fire reported to have started in solar panels at Westleigh primary school
- Substation fault leaves thousands without power in Padiham
- Northern Powergrid worker seriously injured in Huddersfield substation fire
- Faulty solar panel wiring sparks house fire in Stoke-on-Trent
- Solar panel isolation switch overheats in roof fire at a house in Bucknall
- Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool
- Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm project
For a planning case
The planning evidence pack sets out, for one application in Manchester, 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.