Chapel Hill Solar Arrays (49.9 MW)
Chapel Hill Solar Arrays is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Malvern Hills, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 10 November 2025; the record was last updated on 2 December 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
2 December 2025record last updated
Malvern Hillscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 January 2025 | Application submitted |
| 10 November 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 2 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- JBM Solar Projects Limited
- Planning authority
- Malvern Hills
- Planning application reference
- M/24/01781/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Monksfield Farm Monksfield Lane Newland Worcester
- Council area (by location)
- Malvern Hills
- Time to decision
- 43 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Chapel Hill - Solar Arrays
- REPD reference
- 14620
Recorded together with Chapel Hill (battery storage, refused).
Who decides
| 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 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehouse Farm Energy Barn | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Allsetts Farm | solar farm | 6.8 | permission expired | 6.9 |
| Land at Woodhall Farm | solar farm | 45 | refused on appeal | 7.9 |
| Fitcher Brook Solar Farm | solar farm | 19 | application submitted | 8.3 |
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 (52.1511, -2.2882).