Elvington Solar Farm (49.5 MW)
Elvington Solar Farm is a 49.5 MW solar farm project in Dover, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 21 June 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 8 August 2025.
49.5 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
8 August 2025record last updated
Dovercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 June 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 8 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Dover
- Planning application reference
- 25/00709
- Site area
- 122.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- South & E/O Thornton Road, Tilmanstone, Deal
- Council area (by location)
- Dover
- REPD reference
- 17462
Recorded together with Elvington Battery Energy Storage (49.5 MW battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Dover | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 27 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (26%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 19 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilmanstone Colliery | solar farm | 10 | operational | 1.5 |
| Home Farm (Knowlton solar) | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 1.9 |
| Snowdown Colliery | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 4.6 |
| Chapmans Hill | solar | 7 | application withdrawn | 4.9 |
| The Engine Shed Field | solar farm | 11 | refused on appeal | 5.0 |
| Marshborough Farm solar park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.3 |
| North Dover Wind Park | wind farm | 10 | refused | 7.0 |
| Guston Court Farm | solar farm | 27 | refused | 8.4 |
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 (51.2228, 1.2835).