Aller Court Farm Solar Park (5 MW)
Aller Court Farm Solar Park is a 5 MW solar farm project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 April 2017; the record was last updated on 3 May 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
3 May 2017record last updated
Somersetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2014 | Application submitted |
| 23 July 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 10 November 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 8 June 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 8 June 2016 | Appeal allowed |
| 1 February 2017 | Construction started |
| 1 April 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 3 May 2017
- Operator or applicant
- NESF (formerly British Solar Renewables)
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 14/04300/FUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/R3325/W/15/3135346
- Site area
- 13.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land Os 4716 And Os 4300, Church Path, Aller, Langport, Somerset
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Time to decision
- 89 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1646
Who decides
| Applications | Somerset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 185 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 46 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 34 of 153 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 9 of 10 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 22 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 17 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Park Farm | solar farm | 8.6 | application withdrawn | 6.8 |
| Redlands Farm | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 6.9 |
| Nythe Road, Pedwell Solar Photovoltaic Park | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 7.3 |
| Somerton Door Farm | solar farm | 8.7 | operational | 7.6 |
| Somerton Door Farm, Somerton Door Drove Solar farm | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 7.6 |
| Bushfurlong Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 7.8 |
| Langport Farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 8.0 |
| North Newton Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 9.6 |
| Impens Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.9 |
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 (51.0576, -2.8652).