Natewood Farm (8.9 MW solar farm)
Natewood Farm is an 8.9 MW solar farm project in Wealden, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 27 January 2015; the record was last updated on 27 January 2015.
8.9 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
27 January 2015record last updated
Wealdencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 February 2014 | Application submitted |
| 17 April 2014 | Planning permission granted |
| 27 October 2014 | Construction started |
| 27 January 2015 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 8.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 27 January 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Haymaker Energy
- Planning authority
- Wealden
- Planning application reference
- WD/2014/0153/MAJ
- Site area
- 16.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Natewood Farm, Polegate Road, Hailsham, East Sussex
- Council area (by location)
- Wealden
- Time to decision
- 10 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2043
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepham Lane | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 3.0 |
| Wilbees Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.2 |
| Berwick solar farm | solar farm | 8.2 | operational | 4.4 |
| Lower Claverham Farm & Mount Pleasant Farm, Berwick Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 4.6 |
| Lower Mays Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Suncoast Battery Storage | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| Suncoast Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| Laughton Level | solar farm | 7 | operational | 8.5 |
| Horam | solar farm | 8.1 | operational | 9.6 |
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 (50.845, 0.2357).