Stonestreet Green Solar Farm & Battery Storage (99.9 MW)
Stonestreet Green Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 99.9 MW solar farm project in Ashford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 October 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 November 2025. As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010135).
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 July 2024 | Application submitted |
| 23 October 2025 | Development consent granted (Secretary of State) |
| 23 October 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 99.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Evolution Power
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application reference
- EN010135
- Site area
- 192.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Stonestreet Green, Aldington, Ashford
- Council area (by location)
- Ashford
- Time to decision
- 67 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Stonestreet Green - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 10085
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Official project record at the Planning Inspectorate (EN010135)
Who decides
As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010135). All Energy Secretary decisions on solar and wind farms. The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure refused 7% of 46 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 73 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Stour Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 2.4 |
| Sellindge Substation, Church Lane | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Partridge Farm | solar farm | 10.6 | operational | 2.6 |
| Harringe Brooks Wind Park | wind farm | 15 | application submitted | 4.7 |
| Forty Acre Wood, The Street | battery storage | 300 | refused | 5.9 |
| Kenardington Place Farm | solar farm | 7 | operational | 10.0 |
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 (51.1022, 0.9396).