Renewable energy projects in Malvern Hills
18 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Malvern Hills (REPD, July 2026 extract): 4 pending, 5 approved but not running, 2 operational and 5 refused. The council refused 7 of 14 decided applications (50%; UK 19%), with a median 21 weeks from submission to decision.
18projects in the council area
4awaiting a decision
5approved, not running
50%of decisions refused
How Malvern Hills decides
| Applications | Malvern Hills | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 14 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (50%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 10 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Projects in Malvern Hills
Projects of 1 MW and more (12)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Waddings, Knighton-On-Temebattery storage | battery storage | 60 | application submittedupdated Jan 2025 | Dec 2024 | — | Jan 2025 |
| Chapel Hill Solar Arrayssolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refusedupdated Dec 2025 | Jan 2025 | refused Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Land at Woodhall Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 45 | refused on appealupdated Feb 2017 | Dec 2014 | refused Aug 2015 | Feb 2017 |
| Whitehouse Farm Energy Barnbattery storage | battery storage | 40 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2020 | Oct 2017 | granted Nov 2017 | Jun 2020 |
| Sinton Green Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 21 | refusedupdated Jun 2021 | Oct 2021 | refused Jan 2023 | Jun 2021 |
| Fitcher Brook Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 19 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jan 2024 | Dec 2023 | — | Jan 2024 |
| Land at Winshenfordsolar farm | solar farm | 7 | refusedupdated Jan 2016 | Jul 2015 | refused Dec 2015 | Jan 2016 |
| Allsetts Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 6.8 | permission expiredupdated Sep 2018 | Mar 2015 | granted Aug 2015 | Sep 2018 |
| Stockton Court farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Sep 2019 | Aug 2015 | granted Apr 2017 | Sep 2019 |
| Stockton Court Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawnupdated Jun 2017 | Apr 2016 | — | Jun 2017 |
| Otherton Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 4 | operationalupdated Aug 2017 | Jul 2015 | granted Dec 2015 | Aug 2017 |
| The Havenwind turbine | wind turbine | 1.2 | operationalupdated Sep 2005 | Dec 2002 | granted Feb 2003 | Sep 2005 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vandemoortele Worcester Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 0.6 | application submittedupdated Jan 2025 | Oct 2024 | — | Jan 2025 |
| Vamix Factory, Martley Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 0.4 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated May 2023 | May 2023 | granted Jul 2023 | May 2023 |
| Millers Court Farm, Birts Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2025 | Mar 2025 | granted May 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| The Malvern Splash, Priory Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Aug 2024 | May 2024 | granted Jul 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| Chapel Hillbattery storage | battery storage | — | refusedupdated Dec 2025 | Jan 2025 | refused Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Grove Farm - Microgrid of Solar Panelssolar farm | solar farm | — | application submittedupdated Sep 2025 | Aug 2025 | — | Sep 2025 |
Postcode districts in Malvern Hills
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 Malvern Hills by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.