St Mary in the Marsh (16 MW solar farm)
St Mary in the Marsh is a 16 MW solar farm project in Folkestone and Hythe, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 28 March 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 9 May 2025.
16 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
9 May 2025record last updated
Folkestone and Hythecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 March 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 16 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 9 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Enviromena
- Planning authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Planning application reference
- 25/0542/FH
- Site area
- 39.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Martin Farm, Romney Marsh
- Council area (by location)
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Name in REPD
- St Mary in the Marsh - Solar Panels
- REPD reference
- 17767
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Farm, St. Marys Road | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Sycamore Farm | solar farm | 20 | operational | 2.2 |
| Agney Farm | wind farm | 8 | appeal withdrawn | 5.1 |
| Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm | wind farm | 59.8 | operational | 7.0 |
| 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 (51.0112, 0.8877).