Blandford Hill - EV Charging Station & Solar Farm (15 MW)
Blandford Hill - EV Charging Station & Solar Farm is a 15 MW solar farm project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 26 January 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 April 2021.
15 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 April 2021record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 July 2021 | Application submitted |
| 26 January 2022 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 15 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 April 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Naturalis Energy Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- P/FUL/2021/02622
- Site area
- 37.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Blandford Hill Winterborne Whitechurch
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 26 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8461
The scheme also includes 3 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blandford Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | refused | 1.1 |
| Canada Farm | solar farm | 8.3 | operational | 4.0 |
| Part Bushes Farm | wind farm | 24.8 | refused | 4.1 |
| North Farm (Spetisbury) | solar farm | 11.6 | operational | 4.5 |
| The Down House | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 5.0 |
| Mapperton Farm | solar farm | 24 | application withdrawn | 5.8 |
| South Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 40 | operational | 6.2 |
| Littleton | solar farm | 12.1 | operational | 6.4 |
| West Dorset Wind Farm | wind farm | 12.5 | application withdrawn | 6.8 |
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 (50.8021, -2.2283).