Renewable energy projects in Torbay
7 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Torbay (REPD, July 2026 extract): 1 pending, 4 approved but not running, 1 operational and 0 refused.
7projects in the council area
1awaiting a decision
4approved, not running
1operational
How Torbay decides
Torbay has 5 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 Torbay
Projects of 1 MW and more (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Hill Industrial Parkbattery storage | battery storage | 22.5 | operationalupdated Jun 2026 | May 2021 | granted Jul 2021 | Jun 2026 |
| Torbay Hospital, Nightingale Park Solar Panel Arraysolar farm | solar farm | 3.2 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Mar 2025 | Nov 2021 | granted Jun 2022 | Mar 2025 |
| Brokenbury Farm, Galmpton Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 2.7 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Dec 2022 | May 2021 | granted Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisons, Totnes Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2022 | Oct 2022 | granted Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| South Devon College, Spots Hallrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | application withdrawnupdated Oct 2022 | Sep 2022 | — | Oct 2022 |
| Torbay Leisure Centre Energy Projectrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | under constructionupdated Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 | granted Mar 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| Daintons Storage, Yalberton Industrial Estatebattery storage | battery storage | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 | — | Aug 2022 |
Postcode districts in Torbay
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 Torbay by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.