Solar, wind and battery projects near Dorking (RH4)
11 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of RH4 (Mole Valley): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 5 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), 8.9 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of RH4
Projects of 1 MW and more (7)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorking Battery Energy Storage Systembattery storage | battery storage | 6 | operationalupdated Jul 2020 | Jul 2016 | — | Jul 2020 | Mole Valley | 1.4 |
| Horsham Roadsolar | solar | 5 | refused on appealupdated Aug 2015 | Jul 2014 | refused Oct 2014 | Aug 2015 | Mole Valley | 6.7 |
| Little Flanchford Farm, Flanchford Road Solar Energysolar farm | solar farm | 20 | application submittedupdated Jan 2025 | Nov 2024 | — | Jan 2025 | Mole Valley | 6.8 |
| Mynthurst Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 13.4 | refused on appealupdated Dec 2015 | Jan 2014 | refused Jun 2014 | Dec 2015 | Mole Valley | 7.2 |
| Land At Flanchford Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 3.1 | refusedupdated Oct 2015 | May 2015 | refused Sep 2015 | Oct 2015 | Reigate and Banstead | 7.3 |
| Barnett Wood Lanebattery storage | battery storage | 98 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | granted Sep 2025 | Nov 2025 | Mole Valley | 8.9 |
| Cobham Road, Bookham Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.5 | approved, not builtupdated Jun 2026 | Jul 2024 | granted May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Mole Valley | 9.2 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucher Municipal, Curtis Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated May 2023 | Dec 2022 | granted Feb 2023 | May 2023 | Mole Valley | 0.7 |
| 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 | 3.7 |
| Woodhatch Place, Cockshot Hill - Micro Energy Storage Systembattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2024 | Aug 2024 | granted Oct 2024 | Nov 2024 | Reigate and Banstead | 9.5 |
| Cobham Motorway Service Area Solar Photovoltaicsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | operationalupdated Nov 2025 | Jun 2025 | granted Aug 2025 | Nov 2025 | Elmbridge | 9.6 |
Distance from the average position of the RH4 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69.5 |
| Rooftop solar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Solar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Battery storage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 98.2 |
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. Check the council's planning register for the latest decision.