Solar, wind and battery projects near Ashtead (KT21)
24 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of KT21 (Mole Valley): 3 are waiting for a planning decision, 16 approved but not yet running, 3 operational. The largest live scheme is Barnett Wood Lane (98 MW battery storage, approved on 24 September 2025, not yet built), 1.2 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of KT21
Projects of 1 MW and more (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett Wood Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 98 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | granted Sep 2025 | Nov 2025 | Mole Valley | 1.2 |
| Fair Oak Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | refused on appealupdated Jun 2019 | Oct 2017 | — | Jun 2019 | Kingston upon Thames | 3.6 |
| Rushett Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 30 | approved, not builtupdated May 2025 | Apr 2024 | granted Apr 2025 | May 2025 | Reigate and Banstead | 4.3 |
| Cobham Road, Bookham Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.5 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Jul 2024 | granted May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Mole Valley | 5.0 |
| London’s Queen Elizabeth II reservoirfloating solar | floating solar | 6.3 | operationalupdated Jul 2016 | — | — | Jul 2016 | Kingston upon Thames | 8.7 |
| Dorking Battery Energy Storage Systembattery storage | battery storage | 6 | operationalupdated Jul 2020 | Jul 2016 | — | Jul 2020 | Mole Valley | 9.7 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (18)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University For The Creative Arts, Ashley Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2023 | Jul 2023 | granted Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 | Epsom and Ewell | 3.4 |
| University for the Creative Arts , Ashley Road - GSHP, Battery & Solar Panelsbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 | granted Jan 2024 | Sep 2023 | Epsom and Ewell | 3.4 |
| The Rainbow Centre, East Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2025 | Nov 2024 | granted Jan 2025 | Feb 2025 | Epsom and Ewell | 4.0 |
| Toyota Limited, Yew Tree Bottom Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Mar 2026 | granted May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Reigate and Banstead | 5.0 |
| Oakpoint, Oakcroft Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.6 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2025 | Apr 2025 | granted Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 | Kingston upon Thames | 6.7 |
| Hook Rise Business Centre, Hook Rise Southrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Oct 2023 | Aug 2023 | granted Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 | Kingston upon Thames | 6.8 |
| Legal And General Kingswood House, St Monicas Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Aug 2024 | Apr 2023 | granted May 2023 | Aug 2024 | Reigate and Banstead | 6.8 |
| Cobham Motorway Service Area Solar Photovoltaicsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | operationalupdated Nov 2025 | Jun 2025 | granted Aug 2025 | Nov 2025 | Elmbridge | 7.2 |
| David Lloyd Leisure Centre, Ewell Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2023 | Sep 2023 | granted Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 | Epsom and Ewell | 7.3 |
| Charrington Bowl, Kingston Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | refusedupdated Nov 2022 | Sep 2022 | refused Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Kingston upon Thames | 7.6 |
| Garson Farm, Winterdown Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2022 | Jun 2022 | granted Aug 2022 | Jul 2022 | Elmbridge | 8.1 |
| Garson Farm, Winterdown Road Solar Panels & Battery Storagesolar farm | solar farm | 0.8 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated May 2023 | May 2023 | — | May 2023 | Elmbridge | 8.1 |
| Garson Farm, Winterdown Road Solar Panels & Battery Storagebattery storage | battery storage | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated May 2023 | May 2023 | — | May 2023 | Elmbridge | 8.1 |
| Richard Doll Building, Cotswold Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not builtupdated Feb 2024 | Dec 2023 | granted Jan 2024 | Feb 2024 | Sutton | 8.5 |
| Bucher Municipal, Curtis Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated May 2023 | Dec 2022 | granted Feb 2023 | May 2023 | Mole Valley | 9.0 |
| St Anthonys Hospital, London Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2024 | Apr 2024 | granted Jun 2024 | Jul 2024 | Sutton | 9.6 |
| Rydens Road - Micro Energy Storagebattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Feb 2026 | granted Apr 2026 | Jun 2026 | Elmbridge | 9.9 |
| Kimpton Park Wayrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Sep 2023 | Aug 2023 | — | Sep 2023 | Sutton | 10.0 |
Distance from the average position of the KT21 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 |
| Rooftop solar | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2.9 |
| Floating solar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Battery storage | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 128 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Mole Valley decides solar, wind and battery applications
Mole Valley 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.
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 KT21, 4 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.