Chads Farm - Photovoltaic Arrays & Battery Storage (15 MW)
Chads Farm - Photovoltaic Arrays & Battery Storage is a 15 MW solar farm project in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 21 February 2022, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 4 March 2022. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 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.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 February 2022 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 15 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 4 March 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Connections Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Planning application reference
- 22/00224/FUL
- Site area
- 38.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Chads Farm, Barhill Drive, Tushingham, Whitchurch
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire West and Chester
- REPD reference
- 10728
The scheme also includes 522 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire West and Chester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 54 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fields Farm (Agden) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.0 |
| Hurst Hall | solar farm | 13.3 | refused on appeal | 3.8 |
| Bubney Farm | solar farm | 40 | operational | 4.9 |
| Hadley Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.6 | operational | 6.5 |
| Royals Wood Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 6.9 |
| Combermere Abbey | solar farm | 14 | operational | 7.1 |
| Twemlows | solar farm | 10 | operational | 9.5 |
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 (53.0167, -2.6978).