Lower Claverham Farm & Mount Pleasant Farm, Berwick Solar Farm (49.9 MW)
Lower Claverham Farm & Mount Pleasant Farm, Berwick Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Wealden, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 24 March 2023; the record was last updated on 7 February 2022.
49.9 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
7 February 2022record last updated
Wealdencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 January 2022 | Application submitted |
| 24 March 2023 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 7 February 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Scottish Power Renewables
- Planning authority
- Wealden
- Planning application reference
- WD/2021/2617/MEA
- Site area
- 81.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Lower Claverham Farm, Berwick, Chalvington, Polegate
- Council area (by location)
- Wealden
- Time to decision
- 61 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Lower Claverham Farm & Mount Pleasant Farm, Berwick - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 10580
Who decides
| Applications | Wealden | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 28 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick solar farm | solar farm | 8.2 | operational | 0.7 |
| Lower Mays Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Wilbees Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.6 |
| Laughton Level | solar farm | 7 | operational | 4.0 |
| Natewood Farm | solar farm | 8.9 | operational | 4.6 |
| Colbrans Farm Estate, Laughton | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Shepham Lane | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 7.6 |
| Horam | solar farm | 8.1 | operational | 8.8 |
| Bentley Estate | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.2 |
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 (50.8624, 0.1764).