Solar, wind and battery projects near Tenbury Wells (WR15)
6 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of WR15 (Malvern Hills): 1 is waiting for a planning decision, 2 approved but not yet running, 1 operational. The largest live scheme is The Waddings, Knighton-On-Teme (60 MW battery storage, application submitted on 4 December 2024, no decision recorded), 3.1 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of WR15
Projects of 1 MW and more (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Waddings, Knighton-On-Temebattery storage | battery storage | 60 | application submittedupdated Jan 2025 | Dec 2024 | — | Jan 2025 | Malvern Hills | 3.1 |
| Brick House Farm Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Sep 2025 | Jun 2022 | granted Oct 2022 | Sep 2025 | Shropshire | 4.8 |
| Land at High Point Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 4.5 | operationalupdated Apr 2017 | Oct 2014 | granted Mar 2016 | Apr 2017 | Shropshire | 6.1 |
| Whitton Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 8.6 | refused on appealupdated Jul 2016 | Mar 2015 | refused Jul 2015 | Jul 2016 | Shropshire | 7.5 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (2)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Ingredients & Flavoursrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | under constructionupdated Jun 2023 | — | — | Jun 2023 | Shropshire | 2.2 |
| Kerry Ingredients, Clee Hill Road - Food Processing Plantrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | no application requiredupdated Jul 2022 | — | — | Jul 2022 | Shropshire | 2.5 |
Distance from the average position of the WR15 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49.9 |
| Rooftop solar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Battery storage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Malvern Hills decides solar, wind and battery applications
| Applications | Malvern Hills | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 14 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (50%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 10 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
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 WR15, 1 project has 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.