Motcombe Road, Motcombe Solar Pv Arrays (12 MW)
Motcombe Road, Motcombe Solar Pv Arrays is a 12 MW solar farm project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 29 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 11 September 2025.
12 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
11 September 2025record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 12 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 11 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Enviromena
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- P/FUL/2025/03674
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Motcombe Road, Motcombe, Shaftesbury
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Name in REPD
- Motcombe Road, Motcombe - Solar Pv Arrays
- REPD reference
- 16914
Who decides
| Applications | Dorset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 125 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 23 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 105 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 15 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land east of Littledown Business Park | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 0.8 |
| Shaftesbury Energy Park | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Hawkers Hill Energy Park | battery storage | 20 | operational | 1.0 |
| Fernbrook Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.1 |
| Stour Row Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | permission expired | 5.3 |
| Higher Farm | solar farm | 11 | refused on appeal | 8.2 |
| Manor Farm (Dorset) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.3 |
| Silton Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 9.5 |
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 (51.0164, -2.1988).