Land At Pullen Farm (10 MW solar farm)
Land At Pullen Farm is a 10 MW solar farm project in Tunbridge Wells, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 25 August 2017; the record was last updated on 1 September 2017.
10 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
1 September 2017record last updated
Tunbridge Wellscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 24 March 2016 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 16 December 2016 | Appeal lodged |
| 25 August 2017 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 1 September 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Novus Solar Developments
- Planning authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Planning application reference
- 15/503884/FULL
- Appeal reference
- APP/U2235/W/16/3155702
- Address (REPD)
- Land At Pullen Farm, Staplehurst Road, Frittenden, Cranbrook
- Council area (by location)
- Tunbridge Wells
- Time to decision
- 38 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5427
Who decides
| Applications | Tunbridge Wells | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 25 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (28%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 20 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar PV Farm | solar farm | 18 | application submitted | 4.2 |
| Great Pagehurst Farm | solar farm | 13.6 | refused on appeal | 5.5 |
| Widehurst Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.7 |
| Pattenden Lane Solar PV Energy | solar farm | 19 | application submitted | 7.8 |
| Glassenbury | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 8.5 |
| Huggin's Hall (Extension) | battery storage | 9.9 | permission expired | 8.6 |
| Huggin's Hall | battery storage | 40 | operational | 8.6 |
| Eckley Farms, Marden Solar Energy Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
| Netters Farm, Attwaters Lane | solar farm | 10 | refused | 9.9 |
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 (51.1521, 0.5896).