Lower Mays Farm Solar Farm (5 MW)
Lower Mays Farm Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Wealden, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 15 July 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 5 August 2024. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 15 July 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 15 July 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 April 2021 | Application submitted |
| 15 July 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 July 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 5 August 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Unknown
- Planning authority
- Wealden
- Planning application reference
- WD/2021/0671/MAJ
- Site area
- 11.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Selmeston
- Council area (by location)
- Wealden
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8371
The scheme also includes 8.8 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laughton Level | solar farm | 7 | operational | 1.9 |
| Berwick solar farm | solar farm | 8.2 | operational | 2.2 |
| Lower Claverham Farm & Mount Pleasant Farm, Berwick Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 2.2 |
| Wilbees Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.0 |
| Colbrans Farm Estate, Laughton | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 4.1 |
| Natewood Farm | solar farm | 8.9 | operational | 6.7 |
| Ringmer Solar array/Battery storage | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 7.9 |
| Bentley Estate | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.3 |
| Stable Green, Sand Hill Lane | battery storage | 600 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
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 (50.8619, 0.1446).