Fair Park Solar Farm (49.9 MW)
Fair Park Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Cornwall, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 October 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 November 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 November 2025record last updated
Cornwallcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 April 2023 | Application submitted |
| 26 November 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 13 May 2025 | Appeal lodged |
| 16 October 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 October 2025 | Appeal allowed |
| 16 October 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Downing Renewable Developments Llp
- Planning authority
- Cornwall
- Planning application reference
- PA23/02629
- Appeal reference
- 25/00153/REF
- Site area
- 85.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Adj Trewaters Bungalow, S/O Carland Cross, Trispen, Newquay
- Council area (by location)
- Cornwall
- Time to decision
- 130 weeks
- REPD reference
- 13760
The scheme also includes 20 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Cornwall | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 225 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 49 (22%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 31 of 159 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 15 of 39 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 27 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 23 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendra Barns Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | permission expired | 0.2 |
| Carland Cross Wind Farm Repowering | wind farm | 20 | operational | 2.2 |
| Carland Cross | wind farm | 6 | decommissioned | 2.2 |
| Truthan Barton Wind Farm | wind farm | 12.5 | refused on appeal | 3.0 |
| Tregassow Farm Solar Modules | solar farm | 6 | operational | 3.5 |
| Trendeal Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | abandoned | 3.8 |
| Trefullock Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.8 |
| Carland Cross Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | under construction | 4.9 |
| Burthy Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 5.0 |
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 (50.3378, -5.0073).