Renewable energy projects in Bracknell Forest
6 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Bracknell Forest (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 5 approved but not running, 0 operational and 0 refused.
How Bracknell Forest decides
Bracknell Forest has 5 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Projects in Bracknell Forest
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Nike Way, Binfieldsolar farm | solar farm | 0.8 | application submittedupdated Mar 2026 | Feb 2026 | — | Mar 2026 |
| Broadmoor Hospital, Lower Broadmoor Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2026 | Mar 2025 | granted Feb 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Tesco Stores, Marshall Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2026 | Oct 2025 | granted Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| Edgbarrow School, Grant Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not built | Apr 2026 | granted Jun 2026 | — |
| The Paddock Centre, Joshua Jebb Wayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2025 | Dec 2024 | granted Jan 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| David Lloyd Royal Berkshirerooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2025 | Jul 2025 | granted Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
Postcode districts in Bracknell Forest
32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided. Projects belong to Bracknell Forest by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.