Gaywood Solar Farm (10.7 MW)
Gaywood Solar Farm is a 10.7 MW solar farm project in Tandridge, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 18 January 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 30 January 2024.
10.7 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
30 January 2024record last updated
Tandridgecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 March 2023 | Application submitted |
| 18 January 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 January 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10.7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 30 January 2024
- Operator or applicant
- KYBO Solar Limited
- Planning authority
- Tandridge
- Planning application reference
- 23/00505/FUL
- Site area
- 12.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Nw/O Little Browns Railway Bridge, Hilders Lane, Edenbridge
- Council area (by location)
- Tandridge
- Time to decision
- 43 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- REPD reference
- 13645
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Farm at nw/O Little Browns Railway Bridge 22/01945/FUL | 8 | 2 August 2022 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
Tandridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaywood Farm | battery storage | 7.5 | permission expired | 1.7 |
| Haxted Mead, Lingfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 3.3 |
| Skinners Farm | solar farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 3.9 |
| Land at Barrow Green Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 4.7 |
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 (51.2201, 0.0309).