Oaklands Plantation (5 MW solar farm)
Oaklands Plantation is a 5 MW solar farm project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 29 January 2016; the record was last updated on 3 January 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
3 January 2017record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 June 2014 | Application submitted |
| 7 November 2014 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 August 2015 | Construction started |
| 29 January 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 3 January 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Eneco UK
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- 6/2014/0338
- Site area
- 20.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Bere Road (Oaklands Plantation) Coldharbour Wareham
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2052
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom Plain | solar farm | 10 | operational | 1.7 |
| Trigon Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | operational | 2.2 |
| Stokeford Farm | solar farm | 28.5 | operational | 3.2 |
| Alaska Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.2 | operational | 3.2 |
| South Newton Farm | solar farm | 11.3 | operational | 4.7 |
| Dolmans Hill (Redbridge Farm) Solar Arrays | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.7 |
| Woolbridge Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.9 |
| Race farm | solar farm | 6.1 | operational | 7.5 |
| Post Farm, Lytchett Minster | battery storage | 32 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
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 (50.7055, -2.1436).