Home Farm (25 MW solar farm, REPD 14304)
Home Farm is a 25 MW solar farm project in Wychavon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 27 February 2026.
25 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
27 February 2026record last updated
Wychavoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 June 2023 | Application submitted |
| 16 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 May 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 27 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Canadian Solar / Novergy
- Planning authority
- Wychavon
- Planning application reference
- 23/00499/FUL
- Site area
- 66.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Home Farm Twyning Road Strensham
- Council area (by location)
- Wychavon
- Time to decision
- 99 weeks
- REPD reference
- 14304
Recorded together with Makin Metal Powders Limited, Buckley Road (0.7 MW rooftop solar, approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Wychavon | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 50 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 34 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 14 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.5 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Glebe Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 32 | operational | 1.4 |
| Strensham Wind Cluster | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 1.6 |
| Lower Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension) | solar farm | 8 | operational | 2.0 |
| Croome Airfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 3.4 |
| Defford Aerodrome | solar farm | 49.9 | permission expired | 3.4 |
| Northway Lane Waste Transfer Station | battery storage | 7 | abandoned | 6.6 |
| Whitehouse Farm Energy Barn | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
| Claydon Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.5 |
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 (52.058, -2.1606).