Renewable energy projects in Guildford
9 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Guildford (REPD, July 2026 extract): 3 pending, 6 approved but not running, 0 operational and 0 refused.
9projects in the council area
3awaiting a decision
6approved, not running
0operational
How Guildford decides
Guildford 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 Guildford
Projects of 1 MW and more (1)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Surrey, Blackwell Farm Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 12.1 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2024 | Mar 2024 | granted Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (8)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey Sports Park, Richard Meyjes Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.9 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Mar 2023 | Feb 2023 | — | Mar 2023 |
| Surrey Sports Park, Richard Meyjes Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.9 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2023 | May 2023 | granted Jun 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| Sainsburys Superstore, Clay Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | application submitted | Jun 2026 | — | — |
| Guildford Spectrum Leisure Centre, Parkwayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2026 | Apr 2026 | granted Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Aldershot Road, Fairlands - Micro Energy Storage Unitbattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2026 | Jan 2026 | granted Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Woking Road & Whitemore Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | application submitted | Jun 2026 | — | — |
| Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfieldrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.1 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 | granted Jul 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| Royal Surrey County Hospitalrooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | under constructionupdated Mar 2026 | — | — | Mar 2026 |
Postcode districts in Guildford
| District | Projects within 10 km | Pending | Approved | Operational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GU1 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| GU2 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| GU3 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| GU4 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| GU12 | 29 | 4 | 18 | 2 |
| GU23 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| KT24 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
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 Guildford by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.