Renewable planning › Solar › Monmouthshire
Solar planning in Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire has decided 10 solar farms and approved 100% of them, taking a median of 4.4 months to decide. Consented capacity: 41 MW.
How Monmouthshire compares
Against the 298 UK authorities with 5+ solar decisions, Monmouthshire sits in the 77th percentile for approval rate (7 points above the England average) and the 12th percentile for speed.
Decisions by year
Solar decisions by the year the decision was issued (Renewable Energy Planning Database). Withdrawn and still-undecided applications are excluded, so a short bar can mean a quiet year rather than a strict council.
Every recorded scheme (13)
| Scheme | MW | Status | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
Newhouse Farm Industrial Estate, Unit 1 - Roof Mounted Solar Micheldever Tyres - Chepstow · DM/2025/01549 · 1.4 mo to decide | 0.28 | Awaiting Construction | 2026-01-28 |
Llanarth Court Hospital, Llanarth Road - Solar Panels Priory Group · DM/2025/00344 · 6.4 mo to decide | — | Awaiting Construction | 2025-10-20 |
Daisy Cottage, Ty-Canol Road - Solar Panels Private Developer · DM/2022/01163 · 2 mo to decide | 1 | Awaiting Construction | 2022-10-27 |
Morrisons, Abergavenny - Roof Mounted Solar Array WM Morrisons Supermarkets Plc · DM/2021/01893 · 4 mo to decide | 0.23 | Awaiting Construction | 2022-03-29 |
Land North West of Magor Service Station INRG Solar · DC/2015/00573 · 7.1 mo to decide | 5 | Abandoned | 2015-12-14 |
Southbrook Solar Farm Sunventures (Suncredit UK) · DC/2015/00855 · 4.7 mo to decide | 5 | Operational | 2015-12-03 |
Magor Brewery Perpetum Sun · DC/2015/01158 · 1.1 mo to decide | 1.7 | Abandoned | 2015-10-30 |
Rhewl Farm Renesola · DC/2014/00939 · 10.6 mo to decide | 6 | Operational | 2015-06-25 |
Oak Grove Farm Monmouthshire County Council · DC/2015/00247 | 5.7 | Operational | 2015-03-05 |
Manor Farm (Monmouthshire) 3C Energy/Conergy · DC/2013/00006 · 21.5 mo to decide | 10.5 | Operational | 2014-10-24 |
Buckwell Farm Solar Park Private Developer · DC/2013/00925 · 9.2 mo to decide | 8.1 | Abandoned | 2014-08-06 |
Land at Lower House Farm 3C Energy · DC/2012/00666 · 4.1 mo to decide | 8.1 | Operational | 2012-12-10 |
Llancayo Solar Farm m03 Power · DC/2011/00196 · 1.6 mo to decide | 3.9 | Operational | 2011-06-03 |
Does Monmouthshire approve solar farms?
Yes — of the 10 solar farms Monmouthshire has decided, 100% were approved (10 granted, 0 refused). The UK-wide rate for solar is 93%.
How long does a solar farm application take in Monmouthshire?
The median time from application to decision is 4.4 months, against a UK median of 2.3 months for solar. That is measured between the submission and decision dates recorded in REPD, so it reflects the whole determination period including any extensions.
How much solar capacity has Monmouthshire consented?
41 MW has been consented across 10 approved schemes. There are no applications currently awaiting a decision.
Other technologies in Monmouthshire
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0 — 2026 Q1 extract. Approval rate is over decided applications only (approved ÷ approved+refused); withdrawn and undecided schemes are excluded. A permission later expired still counts as approved because consent was granted. REPD covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above, is published quarterly, and does not record refusal reasons — so nothing here explains why a scheme was refused. Screening context for site selection, not planning advice.
Novarly Parcel · official public data, read properly · parcel.novarly.com
Screen a specific site here · All authorities · UK property report