Tomkins Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Tomkins Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Lewes, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 18 April 2016; the record was last updated on 4 May 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
4 May 2016record last updated
Lewescouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 April 2015 | Application submitted |
| 30 July 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 5 November 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 18 April 2016 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 4 May 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Hadstone Energy
- Planning authority
- Lewes
- Planning application reference
- LW/15/0292
- Appeal reference
- APP/P1425/W/15/3135238
- Address (REPD)
- Tomkins Farm, Cinder Hill, North Chailey
- Council area (by location)
- Lewes
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5885
Who decides
Lewes has 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uckfield Solar Electric Forecourt | solar farm | 5.5 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Ringmer Solar array/Battery storage | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Land At Chiddinglye Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.9 |
| Bentley Estate | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.0 |
| Stable Green, Sand Hill Lane | battery storage | 600 | approved, not built | 9.5 |
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 (50.9527, 0.0002).