Stanborough, Hatfield (10 MW solar farm)
Stanborough, Hatfield is a 10 MW solar farm project in Welwyn Hatfield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 May 2025.
10 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 May 2025record last updated
Welwyn Hatfieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2023 | Application submitted |
| 16 September 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 September 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- J Reddington Limited
- Planning authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Planning application reference
- 6/2023/1802/MAJ
- Site area
- 9.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land East of A6129 Stanborough Hatfield
- Council area (by location)
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Time to decision
- 55 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Stanborough, Hatfield - Solar Array
- REPD reference
- 14878
The scheme also includes 1.5 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Welwyn Hatfield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 15 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 8 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welwyn Power Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Dellsome Power Hatfield Grid Station Energy storage facility | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Tollgate Farm Battery Storage | battery storage | 49.5 | under construction | 5.2 |
| Tollgate Farm, Welham Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 16 | application submitted | 5.4 |
| Potters Bar Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.1 |
| Land At Swanland Road | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.4 |
| Three Houses Lane | solar farm | 11.3 | refused | 9.6 |
| Swangleys Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | application withdrawn | 9.6 |
| Wrotham Park | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 9.8 |
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 (51.7809, -0.22).