Renewable energy projects in Cheltenham
6 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Cheltenham (REPD, July 2026 extract): 0 pending, 6 approved but not running, 0 operational and 0 refused.
6projects in the council area
0awaiting a decision
6approved, not running
0operational
How Cheltenham decides
Cheltenham has 6 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 Cheltenham
Projects of 1 MW and more (1)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham General Hospitalbattery storage | battery storage | 2.2 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Sep 2022 | Aug 2021 | granted Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (5)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Yellow Self Storage, Princess Elizabeth Wayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2024 | Jul 2024 | granted Aug 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| All Saints Academy, Blaisdon Wayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2025 | Oct 2025 | granted Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| St Pauls Medical Centre, Swindon Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2024 | Jan 2024 | granted Feb 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| Ladies College Swimming Pool, Malvern Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024 | May 2024 | granted Jun 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| Sandfields Care Home, St Georges Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.1 | approved, not builtupdated Oct 2023 | Aug 2023 | granted Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
Postcode districts in Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.