Hayden Hill Fruit Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Hayden Hill Fruit Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Tewkesbury, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 12 April 2016; the record was last updated on 4 May 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
4 May 2016record last updated
Tewkesburycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 September 2015 | Application submitted |
| 12 April 2016 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 4 May 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Blue Planet Solar
- Planning authority
- Tewkesbury
- Planning application reference
- 15/00982/FUL
- Site area
- 15.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Hayden Hill Fruit Farm, Old Gloucester Road, Hayden, Cheltenham
- Council area (by location)
- Tewkesbury
- Time to decision
- 31 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5826
Who decides
| Applications | Tewkesbury | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 31 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 27 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 25.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Farm | solar farm | 6.7 | operational | 4.0 |
| Tredington House Farm, Tredington | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Troughton Farm | solar farm | 30 | operational | 5.0 |
| Solar Array at W/O Twigworth And E/O Coxs Brook | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Claydon Farm | solar farm | 18.2 | abandoned | 7.3 |
| Bengrove Farm, Base Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Bengrove Farm, Base Lane | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 7.6 |
| Claydon Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Brockworth Road | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 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 (51.9157, -2.1384).