Crudwell Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage (49.9 MW)
Crudwell Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 August 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 17 February 2026.
49.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
17 February 2026record last updated
Wiltshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 March 2021 | Application submitted |
| 23 August 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 August 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 17 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Five Lanes Solar Limited
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- 20/08618/FUL
- Site area
- 63.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land west of A429 (Crudwell Road) North of Malmesbury
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Time to decision
- 126 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- REPD reference
- 8918
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Wiltshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 140 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 18 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 13 of 110 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malmesbury Solar | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.8 |
| Marsh Farm | solar farm | 14 | operational | 2.1 |
| Newnton Dairy Farm | solar farm | 7.2 | operational | 2.1 |
| Lodge Farm (Poulshot) | solar farm | 14.5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Rodbourne Rail Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 7.6 | operational | 5.5 |
| Minety Substation | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Stonehill Energy Storage | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Stonehill Energy Storage / Lower Minety | battery storage | 50 | operational | 6.4 |
| Stonehill Energy Storage / Upper Minety | battery storage | 50 | operational | 6.4 |
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 (51.6103, -2.0961).