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Chickerell Road, Chickerell - Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Equipment
Chickerell Road, Chickerell - Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Equipment is an operational solar farm in Dorset, generating since 14 April 2022. Planning permission was granted on 7 April 2022, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Dorset Council - Assets and Property.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 30 November 2021 |
| Permission granted | 7 April 2022 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 14 April 2022 0 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.
Dorset’s record on solar
Dorset has decided 97 solar farms and approved 95%, taking a median of 3.7 months. See every solar farm decision in Dorset →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 1.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 2.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | — | 11.9 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Under Construction | — | 11.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 14.3 km |
How big is Chickerell Road, Chickerell - Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Equipment?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Chickerell Road, Chickerell - Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Equipment.
Who operates Chickerell Road, Chickerell - Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Equipment?
REPD records the operator as Dorset Council - Assets and Property. 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 Chickerell Road, Chickerell - Solar Photovoltaics (PV) Equipment approved and built?
The application was submitted on 30 November 2021. Permission was granted on 7 April 2022, 4 months later. The site became operational on 14 April 2022, 0 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 10258.
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