Bentley Estate (5 MW solar farm)
Bentley Estate is a 5 MW solar farm project in Wealden, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 17 December 2015; the record was last updated on 27 February 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
27 February 2017record last updated
Wealdencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 June 2014 | Application submitted |
| 28 August 2014 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 23 March 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 23 July 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 July 2015 | Appeal allowed |
| 23 September 2015 | Construction started |
| 17 December 2015 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 27 February 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Wealden
- Planning application reference
- WD/2014/1245/MAJ
- Site area
- 9.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- BENTLEY ESTATE, UCKFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN22 5QP
- Council area (by location)
- Wealden
- Time to decision
- 57 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2132
Who decides
| Applications | Wealden | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 28 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Green, Sand Hill Lane | battery storage | 600 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Colbrans Farm Estate, Laughton | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Uckfield Solar Electric Forecourt | solar farm | 5.5 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Ringmer Solar array/Battery storage | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Laughton Level | solar farm | 7 | operational | 7.3 |
| Tomkins Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 8.0 |
| Lower Mays Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 8.3 |
| Horam | solar farm | 8.1 | operational | 8.9 |
| Lower Claverham Farm & Mount Pleasant Farm, Berwick Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 9.2 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (50.9335, 0.1108).