Bottom Plain (10 MW solar farm)
Bottom Plain is a 10 MW solar farm project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 4 December 2014; the record was last updated on 1 April 2015.
10 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
1 April 2015record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 August 2013 | Application submitted |
| 1 November 2013 | Planning permission granted |
| 6 October 2014 | Construction started |
| 4 December 2014 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 1 April 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Inazin Energy/Low Carbon
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- 6/2013/0443
- Site area
- 15.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Bottom Plain, Bere Road, Trigon, Wareham
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1973
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trigon Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | operational | 0.6 |
| Oaklands Plantation | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.7 |
| Stokeford Farm | solar farm | 28.5 | operational | 3.0 |
| Alaska Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.2 | operational | 3.1 |
| Woolbridge Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.9 |
| South Newton Farm | solar farm | 11.3 | operational | 5.4 |
| Dolmans Hill (Redbridge Farm) Solar Arrays | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.1 |
| Part Bushes Farm | wind farm | 24.8 | refused | 7.6 |
| Race farm | solar farm | 6.1 | operational | 8.3 |
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 (50.7127, -2.1654).