Woodlands Farm, Clapton - Ground Mounted Solar Park (36 MW)
Woodlands Farm, Clapton - Ground Mounted Solar Park is a 36 MW solar farm project in Stroud, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 17 June 2026.
36 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
17 June 2026record last updated
Stroudcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 October 2022 | Application submitted |
| 5 August 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 August 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 36 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 17 June 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Ecotricity Generation Limited
- Planning authority
- Stroud
- Planning application reference
- S.22/1955/FUL
- Site area
- 42.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Woodlands Farm Woodlands Lane Clapton Berkeley
- Council area (by location)
- Stroud
- Time to decision
- 145 weeks
- REPD reference
- 11267
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Stroud | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 34 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (24%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 25 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worlds End Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.4 |
| Hook Street Energy Storage Compound | battery storage | 100 | refused | 2.5 |
| Hill Court Solar farm & Battery storage | battery storage | 35 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Hill Court, Tranton Lane Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Stoneyard Lane Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 4.5 |
| Land North of Actrees Solar Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 4.6 |
| Land At Actrees Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.8 |
| Watts Group Factory Site | battery storage | 10 | abandoned | 5.0 |
| Hurst Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.5 |
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 (51.6802, -2.4886).