Renewable energy projects in Watford
3 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Watford (REPD, July 2026 extract): 0 pending, 2 approved but not running, 1 operational and 0 refused.
3projects in the council area
0awaiting a decision
2approved, not running
1operational
How Watford decides
Watford has 3 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 Watford
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco Stores Limited, Lower High Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2025 | Nov 2024 | granted Jan 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| Woodside Leisure Centrerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | operationalupdated Mar 2025 | Dec 2024 | granted Jan 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| Kingsway North Orbital Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2022 | Jan 2022 | granted Mar 2022 | Feb 2022 |
Postcode districts in Watford
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 Watford by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.