Mount Pleasant Farm Solar Farm (35 MW)
Mount Pleasant Farm Solar Farm is a 35 MW solar farm project in Swindon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 4 June 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 25 July 2025.
35 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
25 July 2025record last updated
Swindoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 June 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 35 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 25 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Belltown Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Swindon
- Planning application reference
- S/25/0666
- Site area
- 48.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Mount Pleasant Farm, Mount Pleasant Farm Lane, Horpit, Swindon
- Council area (by location)
- Swindon
- Name in REPD
- Mount Pleasant Farm - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 19159
Who decides
| Applications | Swindon | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 43 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (2%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 35 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevor Farm | solar farm | 9.3 | operational | 3.7 |
| Roves Farm (Solar) | solar farm | 12.7 | operational | 3.8 |
| Honda wind Farm | wind farm | 6.9 | refused | 4.2 |
| Queenslaine Farm, Highworth Road | battery storage | 66 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Westmill Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.5 | operational | 5.9 |
| Catsbrain Farm | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Corner Copse Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 6.6 |
| Westmill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.7 |
| Stanton solar park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.5 |
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 (51.5646, -1.6861).