Burnhope solar

51,716MWh

(Megawatts hours) supplied per year

13,861

homes powered per year (equivalent)

215

acres of land

14,341

tonnes of carbon emissions saved

7,908

cars taken off the road per year (equivalent)

Site selection

Preliminary assessments, site design and community engagement

Planning application

Discharge of planning conditions

Construction

Operation

Decommisioning

Approved solar farm at Edge Lane, Burnhope, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0RY

The approved proposal involves Lightsource bp funding the development of a solar installation that will have an output power capacity of 49.9MWac (Megawatts).

We undertook a wide range of environmental assessments to select the site area, including landscape and visual, heritage and archaeology, ecology and more. We took the project proposal to the local community to gather feedback, and we updated our plans accordingly.

You can find out more about our initial plans and our updated submitted plans by clicking on the information leaflets below.

Initial information leaflet

Update leaflet