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Highleadon - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage
Highleadon - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage is an operational 49.9 MW solar farm in Forest of Dean, generating since 1 December 2025. Planning permission was granted on 11 October 2023, 20 months after submission. Operator of record: RWE.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 16 February 2022 |
| Permission granted | 11 October 2023 20 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 December 2025 26 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Forest of Dean’s record on solar
Forest of Dean has decided 25 solar farms and approved 76%, taking a median of 3.1 months. See every solar farm decision in Forest of Dean →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | — | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.9 | 2.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.8 | 2.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.5 | 5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | — | 9.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 10.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.4 | 10.6 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 2.1 | 11.7 km |
How big is Highleadon - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage?
Highleadon - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Highleadon - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage?
REPD records the operator as RWE. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Highleadon - Solar Arrays & Battery Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 16 February 2022. Permission was granted on 11 October 2023, 20 months later. The site became operational on 1 December 2025, 26 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 10797.
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