Middle Road Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage (50 MW)
Middle Road Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 50 MW solar farm project in Stratford-on-Avon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 18 August 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 30 August 2023.
50 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
30 August 2023record last updated
Stratford-on-Avoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 May 2023 | Application submitted |
| 18 August 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 August 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 30 August 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Leicestershire Solar 1 Limited /Novergy
- Planning authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Planning application reference
- 23/01305/FUL
- Site area
- 89.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Adj Fosse Way and Middle Road Farm, Middle Road, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa
- Council area (by location)
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Middle Road Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13969
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Road Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage 22/00001/FUL | 50 | 4 January 2022 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | Stratford-on-Avon | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 45 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 18.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land On The East Side Of Fosse Way | solar farm | 10 | operational | 0.4 |
| Fosse Way Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | refused | 0.8 |
| Ashorne Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| Eastfields Farm, Deppers Bridge Solar Farm | solar farm | 34.8 | under construction | 3.8 |
| Deppers Bridge | solar | 9 | refused | 4.5 |
| Solar Farm at Fields Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.6 |
| The Elms | solar farm | 10.4 | operational | 4.6 |
| Dadglow Farm, Bishops Itchington | battery storage | 20 | refused | 5.2 |
| Starbold Wind Farm | wind farm | 15 | refused on appeal | 6.0 |
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 (52.2511, -1.4767).