Abbey Fields Farm (5.3 MW solar farm)
Abbey Fields Farm is a 5.3 MW solar farm project in Swale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 March 2016; the record was last updated on 3 October 2016.
5.3 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
3 October 2016record last updated
Swalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 July 2015 | Application submitted |
| 30 October 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 January 2016 | Construction started |
| 30 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5.3 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 3 October 2016
- Operator or applicant
- FR Solar Kent PV
- Planning authority
- Swale
- Planning application reference
- 15/505437/FULL
- Site area
- 9.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Abbey Fields Farm, Abbey Fields, Faversham, Kent
- Council area (by location)
- Swale
- Time to decision
- 16 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5394
Who decides
| Applications | Swale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleve Hill Solar Project | solar farm | 373 | operational | 2.4 |
| Littles Manor Farm | solar farm | 9.5 | refused on appeal | 3.6 |
| North Court Farm, Chilham Solar Farm | solar farm | 44 | refused on appeal | 8.4 |
| Old Rides solar Farm | solar farm | 8 | operational | 8.6 |
| New Rides Wind Farm | wind farm | 8.8 | operational | 9.0 |
| Old Rides Farm, Leysdown Road | battery storage | 1,000 | application submitted | 9.2 |
| New Rides Farm - Photovoltaic Panels | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 9.2 |
| Tonge Corner Farm | solar farm | 22 | operational | 9.4 |
| Plot 2B EurolinkV | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 9.8 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.3187, 0.9029).