Land at Woodhall Farm (45 MW solar farm)
Land at Woodhall Farm is a 45 MW solar farm project in Malvern Hills, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 23 February 2017; the record was last updated on 28 February 2017.
45 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
28 February 2017record last updated
Malvern Hillscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 December 2014 | Application submitted |
| 12 August 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 17 February 2016 | Appeal lodged |
| 23 February 2017 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 45 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 28 February 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Kronos Solar
- Planning authority
- Malvern Hills
- Planning application reference
- 14/01658/FUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/J1860/W/16/3142020
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Woodhall Farm, Wichenford, Worcester
- Council area (by location)
- Malvern Hills
- Time to decision
- 35 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4875
Who decides
| Applications | Malvern Hills | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 14 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (50%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 10 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allsetts Farm | solar farm | 6.8 | permission expired | 1.0 |
| Land at Winshenford | solar farm | 7 | refused | 3.1 |
| Sinton Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 21 | refused | 4.2 |
| Fitcher Brook Solar Farm | solar farm | 19 | application submitted | 4.5 |
| Chapel Hill Solar Arrays | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 7.9 |
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 (52.2198, -2.3199).