Renewable energy projects in Brentwood
10 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Brentwood (REPD, July 2026 extract): 0 pending, 5 approved but not running, 3 operational and 1 refused.
10projects in the council area
0awaiting a decision
5approved, not running
3operational
How Brentwood decides
Brentwood has 9 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 Brentwood
Projects of 1 MW and more (7)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood nergy Storage Systembattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jul 2022 | Dec 2020 | granted May 2021 | Jul 2022 |
| Crouch Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operationalupdated Oct 2024 | May 2021 | granted Dec 2021 | Oct 2024 |
| Crouch Solar Farmbattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | operationalupdated Oct 2024 | May 2021 | granted Dec 2021 | Oct 2024 |
| Solar Farm at Billericay Solar Farm North Of Rayleigh Road Huttonsolar farm | solar farm | 15 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | granted Apr 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road)battery storage | battery storage | 10 | operationalupdated Mar 2026 | Sep 2017 | granted Dec 2017 | Mar 2026 |
| Ongar Landfill Ground mounted solar photovoltaicsolar farm | solar farm | 8.8 | application withdrawnupdated May 2022 | Feb 2021 | — | May 2022 |
| Land at Havering Grove Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appealupdated May 2016 | Feb 2015 | refused Jun 2015 | May 2016 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri Limited, Greenways Solar Photovoltaicsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2023 | Nov 2022 | granted Dec 2022 | Jan 2023 |
| The Marillac, Eagle Wayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025 | Apr 2025 | granted Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Langford Bridge Farm, Ongar Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2025 | Dec 2024 | granted Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
Postcode districts in Brentwood
| District | Projects within 10 km | Pending | Approved | Operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM4 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| CM13 | 40 | 4 | 19 | 12 |
| CM14 | 33 | 3 | 16 | 10 |
| CM15 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
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 Brentwood by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.