Solar, wind and battery projects near Leatherhead (KT23)
14 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of KT23 (Mole Valley): 2 are waiting for a planning decision, 9 approved but not yet running, 2 operational. The largest live scheme is Barnett Wood Lane (98 MW battery storage, approved on 24 September 2025, not yet built), 5.0 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of KT23
Projects of 1 MW and more (5)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobham Road, Bookham Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.5 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Jul 2024 | granted May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Mole Valley | 3.2 |
| Barnett Wood Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 98 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | granted Sep 2025 | Nov 2025 | Mole Valley | 5.0 |
| Dorking Battery Energy Storage Systembattery storage | battery storage | 6 | operationalupdated Jul 2020 | Jul 2016 | — | Jul 2020 | Mole Valley | 5.7 |
| Fair Oak Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 49.9 | refused on appealupdated Jun 2019 | Oct 2017 | — | Jun 2019 | Kingston upon Thames | 7.9 |
| Rushett Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 30 | approved, not builtupdated May 2025 | Apr 2024 | granted Apr 2025 | May 2025 | Reigate and Banstead | 9.9 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (9)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobham Motorway Service Area Solar Photovoltaicsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | operationalupdated Nov 2025 | Jun 2025 | granted Aug 2025 | Nov 2025 | Elmbridge | 3.4 |
| Bucher Municipal, Curtis Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated May 2023 | Dec 2022 | granted Feb 2023 | May 2023 | Mole Valley | 5.6 |
| Surrey Hills Business Park, Sheephouse Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2023 | Jul 2023 | granted Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mole Valley | 7.1 |
| Garson Farm, Winterdown Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2022 | Jun 2022 | granted Aug 2022 | Jul 2022 | Elmbridge | 9.3 |
| 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 | 9.3 |
| 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 | 9.3 |
| 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 | 9.5 |
| 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 | 9.5 |
| David Lloyd Leisure, Brooklands Road Solar Photovoltaics Panelsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2025 | Jul 2025 | granted Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 | Elmbridge | 9.5 |
Distance from the average position of the KT23 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 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Battery storage | 6 | 1 | 3 | 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 KT23, 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.