Cooles Farm, Minety Solar Park/Battery Storage (8 MW)
Cooles Farm, Minety Solar Park/Battery Storage is an 8 MW solar farm project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 7 November 2022, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 6 December 2022. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 November 2022 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 6 December 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Ecotricity Generation Limited
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- PL/2022/08634
- Site area
- 12.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Cooles Farm, Minety
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Name in REPD
- Cooles Farm, Minety - Solar Park/Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12217
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Wiltshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 140 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 18 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 13 of 110 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairholme, Minety | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 2.8 |
| Minety South 2 | battery storage | 50 | operational | 3.4 |
| National Grid Minety Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.6 |
| Stonehill Energy Storage | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Stonehill Energy Storage / Lower Minety | battery storage | 50 | operational | 3.9 |
| Stonehill Energy Storage / Upper Minety | battery storage | 50 | operational | 3.9 |
| Stonehill Energy Storage / Upper Minety | battery storage | 50 | operational | 3.9 |
| Minety North | battery storage | 50 | abandoned | 3.9 |
| Minety South | battery storage | 50 | operational | 3.9 |
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 (51.6357, -1.9758).