Twynersh Meadows, Thorpe Road Solar Park & Battery Storage (5.5 MW)
Twynersh Meadows, Thorpe Road Solar Park & Battery Storage is a 5.5 MW solar farm project in Runnymede, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 24 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 5 September 2025.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 5 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Planning authority
- Runnymede
- Planning application reference
- RU.25/0843
- Site area
- 9.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Twynersh Meadows Land west of Thorpe Road and north of St Anns Road
- Council area (by location)
- Runnymede
- Name in REPD
- Twynersh Meadows, Thorpe Road - Solar Park & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12204
The scheme also includes 5 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
Runnymede has 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Long Lane, Stanwell | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
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 (51.3948, -0.5152).