Idleigh Court Road, New Ash Green (49.9 MW solar farm)
Idleigh Court Road, New Ash Green is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Sevenoaks, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 27 January 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 February 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
14 February 2025record last updated
Sevenoakscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 January 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Evolution Power
- Planning authority
- Sevenoaks
- Planning application reference
- 24/03422/FUL
- Site area
- 105.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Idleigh Court Road & E/O Hartley Bottom Road, New Ash Green, Gravesend
- Council area (by location)
- Sevenoaks
- Name in REPD
- Idleigh Court Road, New Ash Green - Solar Array
- REPD reference
- 16695
The scheme also includes 15 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Sevenoaks | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 11 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (36%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 7 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Kingdown | solar farm | 20 | application withdrawn | 4.3 |
| Broadditch Battery Energy | battery storage | 11 | operational | 5.0 |
| Chimmens Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 5.1 |
| Dartford BESS | battery storage | 300 | application withdrawn | 5.9 |
| New Barn Road | battery storage | 35 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Foxhounds Lane, Southfleet | battery storage | 300 | refused | 6.1 |
| Horton Wood Solar park | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
| Thames Way, Northfleet | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 7.6 |
| Stangate West Landfill Site, Quarry Hill Road Solar Park & Battery | solar farm | 6 | application submitted | 9.1 |
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 (51.3686, 0.3278).