Tollgate Farm, Welham Green Solar Farm (16 MW)
Tollgate Farm, Welham Green Solar Farm is a 16 MW solar farm project in Welwyn Hatfield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 11 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 12 September 2025.
16 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
12 September 2025record last updated
Welwyn Hatfieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 16 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 12 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Brockwell Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Planning application reference
- 6/2025/1458/MAJ
- Site area
- 22.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Tollgate Farm, Welham Green, St Albans
- Council area (by location)
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Name in REPD
- Tollgate Farm, Welham Green - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 19478
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dellsome Power Hatfield Grid Station Energy storage facility | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Tollgate Farm Battery Storage | battery storage | 49.5 | under construction | 0.5 |
| Potters Bar Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.9 |
| Land At Swanland Road | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.5 |
| Wrotham Park | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 4.5 |
| Stanborough, Hatfield | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Butterfly Lane, Elstree BESS | battery storage | 99.9 | appeal lodged | 7.5 |
| Welwyn Power Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
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 (51.7345, -0.2448).