Planning application · Solar · Lisburn and Castlereagh

Hillside Solar Farm

Operational25.2 MWApplication LA05/2015/0305/FSubmitted 30 June 2015Granted 19 May 2016

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The application

Application number: LA05/2015/0305/F
Planning authority: Lisburn and Castlereagh
County or area: Co. Antrim
Nation: Northern Ireland
Technology: Solar
Capacity: 25.2 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: Lightsource Renewable Energy
Location: Lds Approximately 180m S Of, 7a Lough Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn, Co Antrim, BT28 2PQ
First operating: 2017

Timeline

30 June 2015 Planning application submitted
19 May 2016 Planning permission granted
15 February 2017 Construction started
15 March 2017 Operational

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 89 comparable solar incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0752, Storm Darragh damages newly commissioned Anglesey solar farm panels, 186 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-0752	2024	Storm Darragh damages newly commissioned Anglesey solar farm panels	186 km	Significant
EIR-1400	2023	Solar panel and battery fire at a bungalow on Anglesey	188 km	Minor
EIR-2016	2022	Solar panel fire evacuates Hawick High School	237 km	Significant
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Summary for this site

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What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Hillside Solar Farm from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

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