Crouch Solar Farm (49.9 MW)
Crouch Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Brentwood, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 October 2024; the record was last updated on 30 October 2024.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 May 2021 | Application submitted |
| 23 December 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 July 2023 | Construction started |
| 30 October 2024 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 30 October 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon Storage
- Planning authority
- Brentwood
- Planning application reference
- 21/00834/FUL
- Site area
- 36.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Park Farm, Dunton Road, Brentwood
- Council area (by location)
- Brentwood
- Time to decision
- 33 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR4
- REPD reference
- 8357
The scheme also includes 49.9 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (operational).
Who decides
Brentwood has 9 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.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Research And Engineering Centre, Dunton Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.2 | operational | 2.2 |
| Lower Dunton Road | battery storage | 368 | application submitted | 2.8 |
| Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 28 | operational | 2.8 |
| Fairwind Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 3.0 |
| Lime Kilns Energy Centre | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Land at Havering Grove Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 4.2 |
| Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Barleylands Solar Farm | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Whites Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 5.0 |
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 (51.59, 0.3765).