Newlands Farm Solar (20.5 MW)
Newlands Farm Solar is a 20.5 MW solar farm project in Fareham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 29 March 2014; the record was last updated on 2 April 2014.
20.5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
2 April 2014record last updated
Farehamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 June 2013 | Application submitted |
| 27 September 2013 | Planning permission granted |
| 29 March 2014 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 20.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 2 April 2014
- Operator or applicant
- Sunsave 10 (FAREHAM) / Vogt Solar
- Planning authority
- Fareham
- Planning application reference
- P/13/0528/FP
- Site area
- 28.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- between Fareham and Stubbington, Portsmouth
- Council area (by location)
- Fareham
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1362
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands Farm Solar P/12/0905/FP | 49 | 29 October 2012 | withdrawn 13 February 2013 |
Who decides
Fareham has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands Farm Battery Storage Facility Phase 2 | battery storage | 40 | operational | 0.4 |
| Tanners Lane Battery Energy Storage Facility (Phase One) | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Peel Common Waste Water Treatment Works | battery storage | 20 | abandoned | 1.1 |
| Funtley Refuse Tip | solar farm | 10 | permission expired | 5.7 |
| Funtley Solar Photovoltaic PV Farm | solar farm | 10.5 | application submitted | 5.8 |
| Titchfield Lane | battery storage | 49 | under construction | 5.9 |
| Ash Farm, Titchfield Lane | battery storage | 15 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Fontley House Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| Titchfield Lane, Wickham | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 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 (50.8313, -1.1961).