Renewable energy projects in Rochford
13 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Rochford (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 6 approved but not running, 3 operational and 1 refused. The council refused 3 of 12 decided applications (25%; UK 19%), with a median 25 weeks from submission to decision.
13projects in the council area
1awaiting a decision
6approved, not running
25%of decisions refused
How Rochford decides
| Applications | Rochford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 9 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 25.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Projects in Rochford
Projects of 1 MW and more (11)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairlawns Farm, Chelmsford Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 480 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025 | Jul 2024 | granted Jul 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Dollymans Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 100 | operationalupdated May 2021 | May 2021 | granted Nov 2021 | May 2021 |
| South Fambridge Hall Solar farm & Battery storagesolar farm | solar farm | 50 | under constructionupdated Mar 2025 | Jun 2021 | granted Dec 2021 | Mar 2025 |
| Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road Solar Photovoltaic Farm.solar farm | solar farm | 50 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Feb 2026 | Aug 2023 | — | Feb 2026 |
| Canewdon Road, Canewdon Solar Photovoltaic Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2024 | May 2023 | granted Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| Great Wheatley Road Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 30 | under constructionupdated Jun 2026 | Mar 2022 | granted Mar 2024 | Jun 2026 |
| South Fambridge Hall Solar farm & Battery storagebattery storage | battery storage | 20 | under constructionupdated Mar 2025 | Jun 2021 | granted Dec 2021 | Mar 2025 |
| Rayleigh Transforming Stationbattery storage | battery storage | 10.8 | permission expiredupdated Mar 2020 | May 2017 | granted Aug 2017 | Mar 2020 |
| Fambridge Road/Canewdon Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | operationalupdated Feb 2016 | Oct 2014 | granted Apr 2015 | Feb 2016 |
| Fambridge Road/Canewdon Roadsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expiredupdated Aug 2018 | Oct 2014 | granted Apr 2015 | Aug 2018 |
| London Southend Airportsolar farm | solar farm | 2.5 | operationalupdated Dec 2017 | Mar 2015 | granted May 2015 | Dec 2017 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (2)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford Hospital, Union Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | refusedupdated May 2026 | Feb 2026 | refused Mar 2026 | May 2026 |
| Clements Hall Leisure Centre, Clements Hall Wayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Oct 2024 | granted Nov 2024 | Jan 2025 |
Postcode districts in Rochford
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 Rochford by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.