Solar, wind and battery projects near Hythe (CT21)
8 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of CT21 (Folkestone and Hythe): 2 are waiting for a planning decision, 3 approved but not yet running, 2 operational. The largest live scheme is Sellindge Substation, Church Lane (57 MW battery storage, approved on 4 August 2023, not yet built), 7.9 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of CT21
Projects of 1 MW and more (5)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harringe Brooks Wind Parkwind farm | wind farm | 15 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jun 2018 | May 2012 | — | Jun 2018 | Folkestone and Hythe | 5.3 |
| East Stour Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jul 2022 | Jun 2022 | — | Jul 2022 | Ashford | 7.6 |
| Partridge Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 10.6 | operationalupdated Apr 2016 | Apr 2014 | granted Oct 2015 | Apr 2016 | Ashford | 7.7 |
| Sellindge Substation, Church Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 57 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2023 | Sep 2022 | granted Aug 2023 | Sep 2023 | Ashford | 7.9 |
| Forty Acre Wood, The Streetbattery storage | battery storage | 300 | refusedupdated Dec 2025 | Jul 2025 | refused Oct 2025 | Dec 2025 | Ashford | 8.6 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martello House, Shearway Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2026 | Dec 2025 | granted Jan 2026 | Apr 2026 | Folkestone and Hythe | 5.9 |
| Morrisons Store 148 Cheriton Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | operationalupdated Dec 2021 | Nov 2021 | granted Mar 2022 | Dec 2021 | Folkestone and Hythe | 6.2 |
| Bowles Well Gardensrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.8 | approved, not builtupdated Aug 2022 | Jul 2022 | granted Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 | Folkestone and Hythe | 8.6 |
Distance from the average position of the CT21 postcodes, not from your home. Projects of 5 MW and more have their own page with dates and planning history.
By type
| Type | All | Pending | Approved | Operational | Refused | MW in pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar farm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49.9 |
| Rooftop solar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wind farm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Battery storage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Folkestone and Hythe decides solar, wind and battery applications
Folkestone and Hythe has 9 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.
All projects in Folkestone and Hythe
Is the status up to date?
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. Near CT21, 2 projects have a status that may be out of date (pending for over two years, or approved with a permission expiry date already passed). Check the council's planning register for the latest decision.