Westmill Quarry, Westmill Road Solar Farm (7.3 MW)
Westmill Quarry, Westmill Road Solar Farm is a 7.3 MW solar farm project in East Hertfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 1 September 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 22 September 2023. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 September 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 7.3 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 22 September 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Biffa Waste Services Limited
- Planning authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Planning application reference
- PL/0357/23
- Site area
- 10.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Westmill Quarry, Westmill Road
- Council area (by location)
- East Hertfordshire
- Name in REPD
- Westmill Quarry, Westmill Road - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 13928
Who decides
| Applications | East Hertfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (35%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 13 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 24 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Broxbournebury Solar Field | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 8.5 |
| Benington Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.8 | refused | 9.0 |
| Mill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.1 |
| Swangleys Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | application withdrawn | 9.2 |
| East End Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.3 |
| Welwyn Power Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 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 (51.8259, -0.058).