Renewable energy projects in Lewes
7 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Lewes (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 4 approved but not running, 1 operational and 1 refused.
7projects in the council area
1awaiting a decision
4approved, not running
1operational
How Lewes decides
Lewes 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 Lewes
Projects of 1 MW and more (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringmer Solar array/Battery storagesolar farm | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2026 | Apr 2022 | granted Jan 2023 | Feb 2026 |
| Tomkins Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appealupdated May 2016 | Apr 2015 | refused Jul 2015 | May 2016 |
| Land at Upper Clayhill Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 4.9 | operationalupdated Dec 2015 | Oct 2014 | granted Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chailey Heritage School, Haywards Heath Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Jul 2024 | granted Jul 2024 | Jan 2025 |
| Garden Pride Garden Centre, Common Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2026 | Sep 2025 | granted Nov 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| Ringmer Solar array/Battery storagebattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2026 | Apr 2022 | granted Jan 2023 | Feb 2026 |
| School Field, Barcombe Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | — | application submittedupdated Mar 2026 | Feb 2026 | — | Mar 2026 |
Postcode districts in Lewes
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 Lewes by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.