Solar, wind and battery projects near Paignton (TQ3)
13 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of TQ3 (Torbay): 3 are waiting for a planning decision, 5 approved but not yet running, 2 operational. The largest live scheme is Court Barton Farm, Coffinswell Solar Farm (21 MW solar farm, approved on 15 August 2023, not yet built), 6.9 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of TQ3
Projects of 1 MW and more (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay Hospital, Nightingale Park Solar Panel Arraysolar farm | solar farm | 3.2 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Mar 2025 | Nov 2021 | granted Jun 2022 | Mar 2025 | Torbay | 5.2 |
| Barton Hill Industrial Parkbattery storage | battery storage | 22.5 | operationalupdated Jun 2026 | May 2021 | granted Jul 2021 | Jun 2026 | Torbay | 5.3 |
| Waye Bartonsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawnupdated Oct 2015 | Aug 2015 | — | Oct 2015 | Teignbridge | 5.4 |
| Brokenbury Farm, Galmpton Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 2.7 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Dec 2022 | May 2021 | granted Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | Torbay | 5.5 |
| Court Barton Farm, Coffinswell Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 21 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2023 | Aug 2022 | granted Aug 2023 | Sep 2023 | Teignbridge | 6.9 |
| Rydon Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 12 | operationalupdated May 2015 | Jul 2013 | granted Jan 2014 | May 2015 | Teignbridge | 8.1 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (7)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisons, Totnes Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2022 | Oct 2022 | granted Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | Torbay | 2.0 |
| Torbay Leisure Centre Energy Projectrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | under constructionupdated Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 | granted Mar 2022 | Feb 2022 | Torbay | 2.3 |
| Daintons Storage, Yalberton Industrial Estatebattery storage | battery storage | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 | — | Aug 2022 | Torbay | 2.6 |
| South Devon College, Spots Hallrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | application withdrawnupdated Oct 2022 | Sep 2022 | — | Oct 2022 | Torbay | 3.4 |
| Kingskerswell - Micro Energy Storage Facilitybattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jan 2025 | Jul 2024 | — | Jan 2025 | Teignbridge | 5.1 |
| Totnes Road, Ipplepen - Micro Energy Storage Facilitybattery storage | battery storage | 0.2 | refusedupdated Jul 2025 | May 2025 | refused Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 | Teignbridge | 6.5 |
| Littlehempston Water Treatment Works, Littlehempstonsolar farm | solar farm | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Nov 2023 | Oct 2023 | — | Nov 2023 | South Hams | 7.2 |
Distance from the average position of the TQ3 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 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26.9 |
| Rooftop solar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Battery storage | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Torbay decides solar, wind and battery applications
Torbay has 5 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 TQ3, 5 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.