Littles Manor Farm (9.5 MW solar farm)
Littles Manor Farm is a 9.5 MW solar farm project in Swale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 7 May 2014; the record was last updated on 25 November 2014.
9.5 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
25 November 2014record last updated
Swalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 July 2013 | Application submitted |
| 22 November 2013 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 5 February 2014 | Appeal lodged |
| 7 May 2014 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 9.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 25 November 2014
- Operator or applicant
- The Landmark Practice
- Planning authority
- Swale
- Planning application reference
- SW/13/0832
- Appeal reference
- APP/V2255/A/14/2212592
- Site area
- 19.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Littles Manor Farm, Ashford Road, Sheldwich, Faversham, Kent
- Council area (by location)
- Swale
- Time to decision
- 18 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2293
Who decides
| Applications | Swale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Fields Farm | solar farm | 5.3 | operational | 3.6 |
| Cleve Hill Solar Project | solar farm | 373 | operational | 5.9 |
| North Court Farm, Chilham Solar Farm | solar farm | 44 | refused on appeal | 7.4 |
| Pitstock Farm | solar farm | 41 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
| Plot 2B EurolinkV | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 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 (51.2898, 0.8806).