Alton Mead Lane (5 MW solar farm)
Alton Mead Lane is a 5 MW solar farm project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 18 January 2019; the record was last updated on 15 January 2020.
5 MWsolar farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
15 January 2020record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Application submitted |
| 18 January 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 January 2019 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 15 January 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Brilliant Harvest Installations
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- WD/D/15/001841
- Address (REPD)
- Land At, Alton Mead Lane, Yetminster, Sherborne
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5662
Who decides
| Applications | Dorset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 125 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 23 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 105 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 15 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caswell Farm, Common Lane | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Caswell Farm, Common Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Caswell Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 6.7 | operational | 2.8 |
| Higher Stockbridge Farm | solar farm | 35 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Clifton Farm | solar farm | 35 | operational | 4.2 |
| Southern Counties Shooting Ground Phase 2 | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.5 |
| Southern Counties Shooting Ground Phase 1 | solar farm | 9 | operational | 6.6 |
| Rampisham North | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.7 |
| Wraxall Road, Higher Wraxall Solar Farm | solar farm | 13.5 | application withdrawn | 9.9 |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 (50.8805, -2.5579).