Bull Street, Creech St Michael Solar Farm (34 MW)
Bull Street, Creech St Michael Solar Farm is a 34 MW solar farm project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 19 June 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 11 August 2025.
34 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
11 August 2025record last updated
Somersetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 June 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 34 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 11 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Spring Dev 11 Limited
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 14/25/0018
- Site area
- 57.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- East of Bull Street, Creech St Michael
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Name in REPD
- Bull Street, Creech St Michael - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 19222
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ham Farm, Creech St Michael | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| North Newton Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 5.9 |
| Impens Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Lower Marsh Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.6 |
| Taunton Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 8.4 |
| Fideoak Mills | battery storage | 30 | operational | 8.4 |
| RITHERDENS FARM solar park | solar farm | 9.5 | refused | 8.6 |
| Hele Manor Farm, Bradford On Tone | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
| Montys Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.3 |
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 (51.0219, -3.0345).