Land east of Littledown Business Park (6.2 MW solar farm)
Land east of Littledown Business Park is a 6.2 MW solar farm project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 March 2016; the record was last updated on 24 August 2016.
6.2 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
24 August 2016record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 July 2014 | Application submitted |
| 9 December 2014 | Planning permission granted |
| 26 January 2016 | Construction started |
| 30 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 6.2 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 24 August 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- 14/06350/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land east of Littledown Business Park, Shaftesbury
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motcombe Road, Motcombe Solar Pv Arrays | solar farm | 12 | application submitted | 0.8 |
| Hawkers Hill Energy Park | battery storage | 20 | operational | 1.8 |
| Shaftesbury Energy Park | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Fernbrook Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Stour Row Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | permission expired | 6.0 |
| Higher Farm | solar farm | 11 | refused on appeal | 9.0 |
| Manor Farm (Dorset) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.9 |
| Silton Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 10.0 |
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 (51.0195, -2.1882).