Renewable energy projects in Eastbourne
11 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Eastbourne (REPD, July 2026 extract): 2 pending, 7 approved but not running, 2 operational and 0 refused.
11projects in the council area
2awaiting a decision
7approved, not running
2operational
How Eastbourne decides
Eastbourne has 8 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 Eastbourne
Projects of 1 MW and more (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suncoast Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026 | Nov 2023 | granted Feb 2025 | Feb 2026 |
| Suncoast Battery Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 5 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2026 | Nov 2023 | granted Feb 2025 | Feb 2026 |
| Eastbourne District General Hospital Energy Managementrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1.1 | operationalupdated Nov 2023 | — | — | Nov 2023 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (8)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadwater Wayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | application submittedupdated Jan 2025 | Aug 2024 | — | Jan 2025 |
| The David Lloyd Centrerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 | — | Jul 2023 |
| Morrisons, Hargreaves Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2023 | Sep 2022 | granted Oct 2022 | Apr 2023 |
| Tesco Lottbridge Droverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | operationalupdated Nov 2019 | Mar 2019 | granted Apr 2019 | Nov 2019 |
| Finmere Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jan 2023 | Oct 2022 | granted Dec 2022 | Jan 2023 |
| Marshall Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2023 | Mar 2023 | granted May 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| Bannatynes Gyms, Edward Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 | granted Jul 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| Whittle Driverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.1 | approved, not builtupdated May 2026 | Feb 2026 | granted Mar 2026 | May 2026 |
Postcode districts in Eastbourne
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 Eastbourne by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.