Martin Farm, St. Marys Road (16 MW solar farm)
Martin Farm, St. Marys Road is a 16 MW solar farm project in Folkestone and Hythe, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 January 2026, not yet built; the record was last updated on 30 March 2026.
16 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
30 March 2026record last updated
Folkestone and Hythecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 March 2025 | Application submitted |
| 23 January 2026 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 January 2029 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 16 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 30 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Enviromena Project Management UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Planning application reference
- 25/0542/FH
- Site area
- 39.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Opp Marten Farm, St. Mary's Road
- Council area (by location)
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Time to decision
- 43 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Martin Farm, St. Marys Road - Solar Panels
- REPD reference
- 18718
Who decides
Folkestone and Hythe has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary in the Marsh | solar farm | 16 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Sycamore Farm | solar farm | 20 | operational | 2.2 |
| Agney Farm | wind farm | 8 | appeal withdrawn | 5.0 |
| Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm | wind farm | 59.8 | operational | 6.9 |
| Kenardington Place Farm | solar farm | 7 | operational | 7.6 |
| Appledore Road, Kenardington Solar Farm | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 8.5 |
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 (51.0111, 0.8873).