Highleadon Solar Arrays & Battery Storage (49.9 MW)
Highleadon Solar Arrays & Battery Storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Forest of Dean, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 December 2025; the record was last updated on 24 April 2026.
49.9 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
24 April 2026record last updated
Forest of Deancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 February 2022 | Application submitted |
| 11 October 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2025 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 24 April 2026
- Operator or applicant
- RWE
- Planning authority
- Forest of Dean
- Planning application reference
- P0265/22/FUL
- Site area
- 116.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Near Highleadon Highleadon
- Council area (by location)
- Forest of Dean
- Time to decision
- 86 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- Name in REPD
- Highleadon - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 10797
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (operational).
Who decides
| Applications | Forest of Dean | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 28 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (29%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 26 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land At Rymes Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 6.9 | operational | 2.2 |
| Land At Rymes Farm (Phase 2)/Grange Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.8 | operational | 2.4 |
| Murrells End Farm Solar Arrays | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 2.7 |
| Moat Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Stream Lane, Upleadon Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 6 | refused | 3.2 |
| Lassington Lane, Highnam Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 4.1 |
| Lassington Lane, Highnam | battery storage | 10 | application submitted | 4.1 |
| Highnam Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 4.2 |
| Two Mile Lane, Highnam Solar Farm | solar farm | 36 | application submitted | 4.4 |
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 (51.9077, -2.3452).