Home Farm (25 MW solar farm, REPD 7557)
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 June 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 |
|---|---|
| 27 June 2023 | Application submitted |
| 16 June 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 June 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
- Tewkesbury
- Planning application reference
- W/23/01011/FUL
- Site area
- 66.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land At Home Farm, Twyning Road, Strensham, Worcester
- Council area (by location)
- Wychavon
- Time to decision
- 103 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- REPD reference
- 7557
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strensham Wind Cluster | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 0.9 |
| Home Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Glebe Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 32 | operational | 2.3 |
| Lower Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension) | solar farm | 8 | operational | 2.8 |
| Croome Airfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 4.3 |
| Defford Aerodrome | solar farm | 49.9 | permission expired | 4.3 |
| Northway Lane Waste Transfer Station | battery storage | 7 | abandoned | 5.7 |
| Claydon Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
| Whitehouse Farm Energy Barn | battery storage | 40 | 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 (52.0499, -2.1611).