Horsham Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage (49.9 MW)
Horsham Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Horsham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 21 January 2022, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 21 February 2022. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 January 2022 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 21 February 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Bolney Green Limited
- Planning authority
- Horsham
- Planning application reference
- DC/22/0100
- Site area
- 42.2 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Huddlestone Farm Horsham Road Steyning
- Council area (by location)
- Horsham
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- Name in REPD
- Horsham Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 10657
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Horsham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 23 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 19 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huddlestone Farm | solar farm | 16 | refused on appeal | <0.1 |
| Steyning Battery Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 18 | abandoned | 1.7 |
| Kings Barn Farm Energy Barn | battery storage | 10 | operational | 2.2 |
| Horton Landfill Site, Henfield Road | solar farm | 12.5 | application submitted | 2.8 |
| Ford Farm (Ashurst) | solar farm | 10 | operational | 3.7 |
| Priors Byne Farm | solar farm | 7.6 | operational | 4.3 |
| Land off Hooklands Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.5 |
| Halewick Lane, Sompting Battery-based Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | under construction | 7.0 |
| Bolney | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
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 (50.9095, -0.3217).