Solar, wind and battery projects near Bewdley (DY12)
7 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of DY12 (Wyre Forest): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 5 approved but not yet running, 1 operational. The largest live scheme is John Tainton, Frederick Road (0.8 MW rooftop solar, approved on 12 May 2025, not yet built), 6.4 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of DY12
Projects of 1 MW and more (1)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astley Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | operationalupdated May 2017 | May 2015 | granted Sep 2015 | May 2017 | Shropshire | 9.0 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands Safari Park Solar developmentsolar farm | solar farm | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024 | Sep 2023 | granted Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 | Wyre Forest | 2.9 |
| Parker Place, Firs Industrial Estate, Unit 8rooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated May 2025 | Feb 2025 | granted Apr 2025 | May 2025 | Wyre Forest | 5.4 |
| Morrisons Superstorerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2022 | Feb 2022 | granted Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 | Wyre Forest | 5.9 |
| John Tainton, Frederick Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.8 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2025 | Apr 2025 | granted May 2025 | Jun 2025 | Wyre Forest | 6.4 |
| Conveyor Units, Sandy Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2026 | Nov 2025 | granted Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 | Wyre Forest | 7.7 |
| Lincomb Farmbattery storage | battery storage | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 | — | Sep 2023 | Wychavon | 9.2 |
Distance from the average position of the DY12 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Rooftop solar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
| Battery storage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Wyre Forest decides solar, wind and battery applications
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.
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 DY12, 1 project has 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.