Renewable energy projects in Nuneaton and Bedworth
14 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Nuneaton and Bedworth (REPD, July 2026 extract): 4 pending, 8 approved but not running, 0 operational and 2 refused.
How Nuneaton and Bedworth decides
Nuneaton and Bedworth 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 Nuneaton and Bedworth
Projects of 1 MW and more (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weddington Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2026 | Aug 2024 | granted Feb 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Mcdonnell Drive, Exhallbattery storage | battery storage | 30 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025 | Jun 2025 | granted Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Hollyhurst Farm, Mile Tree Lanesolar farm | solar farm | 25.6 | application submittedupdated Mar 2025 | Dec 2024 | — | Mar 2025 |
| Corley Smorral Lane - Photovoltaic Solar Arrayssolar farm | solar farm | 16.5 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 | granted Jul 2022 | Nov 2021 |
| Newgate Coolliery Solar Farm & Battery Storagesolar farm | solar farm | 6 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jun 2024 | May 2024 | — | Jun 2024 |
| Newgate Coolliery Solar Farm & Battery Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 5 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jun 2024 | May 2024 | — | Jun 2024 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (8)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Way, Unit 12rooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.7 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2023 | Mar 2023 | granted Apr 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| St Georges Way Solar photovoltaicsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2022 | Mar 2022 | granted May 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| Brose, Colliery Lane Northrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | refusedupdated Jan 2025 | Oct 2024 | refused Nov 2024 | Jan 2025 |
| The Nuneaton Academy, Radnor Driverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | application submittedupdated May 2026 | Mar 2026 | — | May 2026 |
| Unit 1, Mallory Way, Longfordrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | refusedupdated Nov 2022 | Aug 2022 | refused Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| North Warwickshire College, Hinckley Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2023 | Jul 2023 | granted Sep 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| George eliot high school, Raveloe Driverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026 | Oct 2025 | granted Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
| Corley Smorral Lanebattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 | granted Jul 2022 | Nov 2021 |
Postcode districts in Nuneaton and Bedworth
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 Nuneaton and Bedworth by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.