Red Barn Solar Farm & Battery Storage (40 MW)
Red Barn Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 40 MW solar farm project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 27 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 February 2026.
40 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 February 2026record last updated
Wiltshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 October 2023 | Application submitted |
| 27 January 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 27 January 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Eden Renewables
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- PL/2023/08481
- Site area
- 102.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Red Barn, East of Kington St Michael
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Time to decision
- 68 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- Name in REPD
- Red Barn - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15145
The scheme also includes 40 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Wiltshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 140 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 18 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 13 of 110 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.5 |
| Leigh Delamere Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 3.3 |
| Battens Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 11 | operational | 3.4 |
| Tiddlywink Barn Battery Storage Power Plant | battery storage | 20 | abandoned | 4.7 |
| Solar Farm at East of Battens Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Hullavington Solar Park | solar farm | 7 | operational | 5.4 |
| Castle Combe Circuit | solar farm | 12 | operational | 6.4 |
| Rodbourne Rail Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 7.6 | operational | 7.0 |
| Forest Gate Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
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 (51.5005, -2.1261).