Solar, wind and battery projects near Oxted (RH8)
12 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of RH8 (Tandridge): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 8 approved but not yet running. The largest live scheme is Layhams Road (250 MW battery storage, approved on 9 March 2026, not yet built), 9.7 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of RH8
Projects of 1 MW and more (8)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaywood Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 10.7 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2024 | Mar 2023 | granted Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 | Tandridge | 4.0 |
| Gaywood Farmbattery storage | battery storage | 7.5 | permission expiredupdated Jul 2020 | Aug 2017 | granted Mar 2018 | Jul 2020 | Sevenoaks | 5.3 |
| Caterham Bypassbattery storage | battery storage | 12 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2024 | Nov 2023 | granted Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 | Tandridge | 6.4 |
| Haxted Mead, Lingfield Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 50 | application submittedupdated Sep 2025 | Jul 2025 | — | Sep 2025 | Tandridge | 6.8 |
| Skinners Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 6 | refused on appealupdated Sep 2016 | Oct 2014 | refused Jan 2015 | Sep 2016 | Sevenoaks | 7.7 |
| Land at Barrow Green Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | refusedupdated Apr 2015 | Jan 2015 | refused Feb 2015 | Apr 2015 | Tandridge | 7.8 |
| Biggin Hill Airport, Main Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 12 | under constructionupdated Dec 2023 | — | — | Dec 2023 | Bromley | 9.2 |
| Layhams Roadbattery storage | battery storage | 250 | approved, not builtupdated Apr 2026 | Feb 2025 | granted Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 | Bromley | 9.7 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hillrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2023 | Oct 2022 | granted Jun 2023 | Jul 2023 | Tandridge | 0.7 |
| Godstone Fire Station, Fosterdown - Micro Energy Storage Facilitybattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Aug 2024 | granted Oct 2024 | Jan 2025 | Tandridge | 4.9 |
| Edenbridge Wastewater Treatment Works, Skinners Lanesolar farm | solar farm | 0.6 | approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025 | Jan 2025 | granted Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 | Sevenoaks | 7.5 |
| Verge At Succombs Hill, By Wapses Lodge Roundaboutbattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Sep 2024 | granted Nov 2024 | Jan 2025 | Tandridge | 7.5 |
Distance from the average position of the RH8 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 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61.3 |
| Rooftop solar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 |
| Battery storage | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 262 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Tandridge decides solar, wind and battery applications
Tandridge 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.