Fox Cover Solar Farm - Ground Mounted Photovoltaic Panels (8 MW)
Fox Cover Solar Farm - Ground Mounted Photovoltaic Panels is an 8 MW solar farm project in County Durham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 12 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 June 2025.
8 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 June 2025record last updated
County Durhamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 March 2024 | Application submitted |
| 12 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 March 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Enviromena Project Management UK Limited
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning application reference
- DM/24/00783/FPA
- Site area
- 8.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- W/O Admiralty Way, Dawdon, Seaham
- Council area (by location)
- County Durham
- Time to decision
- 51 weeks
- REPD reference
- 16237
Who decides
| Applications | County Durham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 51 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 13 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 5 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: County Durham, Durham.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 2.5 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 3.6 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.6 |
| Hawthorn Grid Site | battery storage | 49 | operational | 4.1 |
| Woodlands, Windermere Road | battery storage | 90 | application submitted | 4.1 |
| Carrs Farm, South Hetton | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 4.3 |
| Solar Farm at E/O Stockton Road | solar farm | 48 | application submitted | 4.4 |
| Hawthorn Pit -Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| South Sharpley Wind Farm (Revised) | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 4.7 |
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 (54.8198, -1.338).