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Solar, wind and battery projects near Cheltenham (GL53)

26 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of GL53 (Cheltenham): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 20 approved but not yet running, 3 operational. The largest live scheme is Brockworth Road (20 MW battery storage, approved on 25 April 2024, not yet built), 7.6 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.

Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

26projects within 10 km
1awaiting a decision
20approved, not running
3operational

Projects within 10 km of GL53

Projects of 1 MW and more (10)

ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
Cheltenham General Hospitalbattery storagebattery storage2.2approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Sep 2022Aug 2021granted Sep 2021Sep 2022Cheltenham1.4
Hayden Hill Fruit Farmsolar farmsolar farm5refusedupdated May 2016Sep 2015refused Apr 2016May 2016Tewkesbury6.3
Home Farmsolar farmsolar farm6.7operationalupdated Jun 2017Mar 2015granted Oct 2015Jun 2017Tewkesbury6.4
Meteor Business Parkbattery storagebattery storage1.5operationalupdated Jan 2020Feb 2019—Jan 2020Tewkesbury7.3
Brockworth Roadbattery storagebattery storage20approved, not builtupdated May 2024Nov 2023granted Apr 2024May 2024Tewkesbury7.6
Plant 1, G-Tekt Europe Manufacturing Limited -Roof Mounted Solar Panelsrooftop solarrooftop solar1under constructionupdated Jul 2022Jun 2022granted Dec 2022Jul 2022Tewkesbury8.0
Plant 4, Hurricane Road, Gloucester Business Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar1approved, not builtupdated Jul 2022Jun 2022granted Sep 2022Jul 2022Tewkesbury8.3
Land to the North of Cursey Lanesolar farmsolar farm4permission expiredupdated Jul 2020Jul 2015granted Nov 2016Jul 2020Tewkesbury9.1
Unilever UK, Corinium Avenuerooftop solarrooftop solar3.5approved, not builtupdated May 2024Apr 2024granted May 2024May 2024Gloucester9.3
Troughton Farmsolar farmsolar farm30operationalupdated Jul 2016Feb 2013granted Jul 2014Jul 2016Tewkesbury9.6
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (16)
ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
Ladies College Swimming Pool, Malvern Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024May 2024granted Jun 2024Jul 2024Cheltenham2.7
Sandfields Care Home, St Georges Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar0.1approved, not builtupdated Oct 2023Aug 2023granted Oct 2023Oct 2023Cheltenham2.9
St Pauls Medical Centre, Swindon Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Mar 2024Jan 2024granted Feb 2024Mar 2024Cheltenham3.2
Big Yellow Self Storage, Princess Elizabeth Wayrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Sep 2024Jul 2024granted Aug 2024Sep 2024Cheltenham4.3
All Saints Academy, Blaisdon Wayrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Dec 2025Oct 2025granted Nov 2025Dec 2025Cheltenham4.9
Anson Business Park, Cheltenham Road Eastrooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Jun 2023Apr 2023granted Jun 2023Jun 2023Tewkesbury6.9
Safran Landing System, Down Hatherley Lanerooftop solarrooftop solar0.3approved, not builtupdated Jun 2023Mar 2023granted May 2023Jun 2023Tewkesbury7.8
David Lloyd Leisure, Whittle Wayrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Jan 2026Nov 2025granted Dec 2025Jan 2026Tewkesbury7.9
Laithwaites Wines, Gloucester Business Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar0.8approved, not builtupdated May 2025Feb 2025granted Apr 2025May 2025Tewkesbury8.2
Tbs Engineering, Gloucester Business Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar0.5approved, not builtupdated May 2023Mar 2023granted May 2023May 2023Tewkesbury8.2
The IO Centre, Gloucester Business Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Jan 2024Nov 2023granted Dec 2023Jan 2024Tewkesbury8.2
The Io Centre, Gloucester Business Parkrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Nov 2022Sep 2022granted Nov 2022Nov 2022Tewkesbury8.2
Tenpin Centre, Severn Barnwood Link Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Oct 2023Aug 2023granted Oct 2023Oct 2023Gloucester9.0
Unilever UKrooftop solarrooftop solar0.2approved, not builtupdated Apr 2025Feb 2025granted Apr 2025Apr 2025Gloucester9.3
Sainsburys Supermarketrooftop solarrooftop solar0.6approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026Nov 2025granted Jan 2026Mar 2026Gloucester9.4
Hatherley Manor Hotel, Down Hatherley Lanerooftop solarrooftop solar0.2application submitted may be out of dateupdated Sep 2022Aug 2022—Sep 2022Tewkesbury9.8

Distance from the average position of the GL53 postcodes, not from your home. Projects of 5 MW and more have their own page with dates and planning history.

By type

TypeAllPendingApprovedOperationalRefusedMW in pipeline
Solar farm400210
Rooftop solar191180010
Battery storage3021022.2

MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.

How Cheltenham decides solar, wind and battery applications

Cheltenham has 6 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 Cheltenham

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 GL53, 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.

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