Renewable energy projects in Tamworth
6 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Tamworth (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 4 approved but not running, 0 operational and 0 refused.
6projects in the council area
1awaiting a decision
4approved, not running
0operational
How Tamworth decides
Tamworth has 4 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 Tamworth
Projects of 1 MW and more (1)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amington Hall Farm Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2025 | Mar 2023 | granted Feb 2025 | Mar 2025 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (5)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Sainsbury, Elmhurst Driverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2023 | Oct 2023 | granted Nov 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| Landau Forte Academy Qemsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024 | Apr 2024 | granted Jun 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| Marlborough Way, Belgraverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 | granted May 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| Rawlett Community Sports Collegerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | application withdrawnupdated Sep 2021 | Feb 2021 | — | Sep 2021 |
| Two Gates Trading Estate, Watling Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | application submitted | Jun 2026 | — | — |
Postcode districts in Tamworth
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 Tamworth by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.