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Dorchesters Corn Exchange - Solar Panels & Biomass Boiler
Dorchesters Corn Exchange - Solar Panels & Biomass Boiler is a solar farm under construction in Dorset. Planning permission was granted on 5 October 2022, 9 months after submission. Operator of record: Dorchester Town Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 22 December 2021 |
| Permission granted | 5 October 2022 9 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
- Conservation area — Dorchester Conservation Area 1
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Poole Harbour SPA/Ramsar
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
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Biomass (dedicated) · Under Construction | — | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.4 | 7.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.1 | 7.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 8.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 9.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 9.5 km |
How big is Dorchesters Corn Exchange - Solar Panels & Biomass Boiler?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Dorchesters Corn Exchange - Solar Panels & Biomass Boiler.
Who operates Dorchesters Corn Exchange - Solar Panels & Biomass Boiler?
REPD records the operator as Dorchester Town Council. 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 Dorchesters Corn Exchange - Solar Panels & Biomass Boiler approved and built?
The application was submitted on 22 December 2021. Permission was granted on 5 October 2022, 9 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 11443.
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