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South Farm Solar Park
South Farm Solar Park is operational in Dorset with a recorded capacity of 10 MW, and has been generating since 2022-12-16.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2019-06-21 |
| Permission granted | 2020-03-05 8 months after submission |
| Operational | 2022-12-16 33 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
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.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
South Farm Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 40 | 0 km |
North Farm (Spetisbury) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.6 | 2.1 km |
Littleton Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.1 | 4 km |
Canada Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.3 | 6.7 km |
Dolmans Hill (Redbridge Farm) Solar Arrays Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.5 km |
Henbury Quarry Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.9 | 8 km |
North of Newton Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3 | 8.3 km |
Slepe Farm Battery · Operational | 0.3 | 8.7 km |
How big is South Farm Solar Park?
South Farm Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 10 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 South Farm Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as Voltalia UK. 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 South Farm Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2019-06-21. Permission was granted on 2020-03-05, 8 months later. The site became operational on 2022-12-16, 33 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 9361.
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