Solar, wind and battery projects near Hindhead (GU26)
4 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of GU26 (Waverley): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 2 approved but not yet running. The largest live scheme is Sandhill Farm, Picketts Hill (0.4 MW rooftop solar, approved on 2 October 2024, not yet built), 7.6 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of GU26
Projects of 1 MW and more (1)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land east of Kingsley Sports Clubsolar | solar | 5 | permission expiredupdated Jul 2017 | Jan 2014 | granted Apr 2014 | Jul 2017 | East Hampshire | 8.7 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (3)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilford Road, Nr Tower Road - Micro Energy Storage Facilitybattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | application submittedupdated Sep 2024 | Aug 2024 | — | Sep 2024 | Waverley | 1.3 |
| Old Thorns Golf and Country Clubrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Mar 2023 | Feb 2023 | granted Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 | East Hampshire | 7.2 |
| Sandhill Farm, Picketts Hillrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Oct 2024 | Oct 2022 | granted Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 | East Hampshire | 7.6 |
Distance from the average position of the GU26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooftop solar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Solar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Battery storage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Waverley decides solar, wind and battery applications
Waverley has 8 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 GU26, 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.