Solar Farm & Battery Storage at Reeds Solar Farm Alders Road Colts Hill (10 MW)
Solar Farm & Battery Storage at Reeds Solar Farm Alders Road Colts Hill is a 10 MW solar farm project in Tunbridge Wells, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 6 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 February 2026.
10 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 February 2026record last updated
Tunbridge Wellscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 December 2022 | Application submitted |
| 6 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 6 March 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon
- Planning authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Planning application reference
- 22/03563/FULL
- Site area
- 9.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Reeds Solar Farm Alders Road Colts Hill
- Council area (by location)
- Tunbridge Wells
- Time to decision
- 116 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- Name in REPD
- Reeds Solar Farm, Alders Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12940
The scheme also includes 20 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Tunbridge Wells | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 25 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (28%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 20 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capel Grange Solar Park | solar farm | 6.6 | operational | 1.0 |
| Capel Grange | solar farm | 10.4 | refused | 1.0 |
| Hadlow Place solar farm | solar farm | 14.3 | operational | 2.0 |
| Paddock Wood | solar farm | 9.2 | operational | 4.2 |
| Maidstone Road, Horsmonden - Paddock Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 6.3 |
| Eckley Farms, Marden Solar Energy Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| Pattenden Lane Solar PV Energy | solar farm | 19 | application submitted | 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 (51.1705, 0.3516).