Lower Blakemore Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Lower Blakemore Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in South Hams, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 23 March 2016; the record was last updated on 4 April 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
4 April 2016record last updated
South Hamscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 September 2014 | Application submitted |
| 18 June 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 5 November 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 23 March 2016 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 4 April 2016
- Operator or applicant
- New Energy for the World
- Planning authority
- South Hams
- Planning application reference
- 23/2373/14/F
- Appeal reference
- APP/K1128/W/15/3135465
- Site area
- 9.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Lower Blakemore Farm, Totnes
- Council area (by location)
- South Hams
- Time to decision
- 38 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4842
Who decides
| Applications | South Hams | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 36 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 28 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidwell Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.7 |
| Hazard Farm | solar farm | 6.4 | operational | 2.0 |
| Hatchlands Farm | solar farm | 5.2 | operational | 3.6 |
| Riverford Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 4.3 |
| Hood Barton, Staverton | battery storage | 99 | application submitted | 4.3 |
| Coombeshead Solar Farm | solar farm | 8 | operational | 4.8 |
| Marley Thatch Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.3 | operational | 5.3 |
| Halwell Airfield | solar | 5.7 | refused | 6.9 |
| Waye Barton | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 7.9 |
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 (50.4235, -3.7339).