Renewable energy projects in Croydon
5 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Croydon (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 4 approved but not running, 0 operational and 0 refused.
5projects in the council area
1awaiting a decision
4approved, not running
0operational
How Croydon decides
Croydon has 4 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 Croydon
Projects of 1 MW and more (1)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selhurst Traincare Depot, Selhurst Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026 | Oct 2025 | granted Nov 2025 | Mar 2026 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainsburys Supermarket, Trafalgar Wayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | approved, not builtupdated Oct 2024 | Aug 2024 | granted Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| Whitgift School, Nottingham Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Sep 2022 | Aug 2022 | — | Sep 2022 |
| John Ruskin Sixth form College, Selsdon Park Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Mar 2026 | granted May 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Trinity School Of John Whitgift, Shirley Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2023 | Feb 2023 | granted Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
Postcode districts in Croydon
| District | Projects within 10 km | Pending | Approved | Operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR0 | 32 | 4 | 26 | 0 |
| CR2 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| CR5 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| CR7 | 39 | 6 | 30 | 0 |
| CR8 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| SE19 | 42 | 7 | 31 | 0 |
| SE25 | 36 | 6 | 28 | 0 |
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 Croydon by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.