Renewable energy projects in Wyre Forest
6 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Wyre Forest (REPD, July 2026 extract): 0 pending, 5 approved but not running, 0 operational and 0 refused.
6projects in the council area
0awaiting a decision
5approved, not running
0operational
How Wyre Forest decides
Wyre Forest 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 Wyre Forest
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tainton, Frederick Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.8 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2025 | Apr 2025 | granted May 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| West Midlands Safari Park Solar developmentsolar farm | solar farm | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024 | Sep 2023 | granted Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| Morrisons Superstorerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2022 | Feb 2022 | granted Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| Parker Place, Firs Industrial Estate, Unit 8rooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated May 2025 | Feb 2025 | granted Apr 2025 | May 2025 |
| Conveyor Units, Sandy Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2026 | Nov 2025 | granted Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| Sion House, Sion Hillsolar farm | solar farm | 0.2 | application withdrawnupdated Jun 2026 | Dec 2025 | — | Jun 2026 |
Postcode districts in Wyre Forest
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 Wyre Forest by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.