Pixford Fruit Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Pixford Fruit Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 30 August 2016; the record was last updated on 1 September 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
1 September 2016record last updated
Somersetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 26 November 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 9 February 2016 | Appeal lodged |
| 30 August 2016 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 1 September 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Blackstock Farms
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 02/15/0006
- Appeal reference
- APP/D3315/W/16/3142598
- Site area
- 6.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Pixford Fruit Farm, Raleighs C, Bishops Lydeard, Combe Florey, Taunton
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Time to decision
- 21 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5422
Who decides
| Applications | Somerset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 185 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 46 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 34 of 153 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 9 of 10 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 22 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 17 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Village Of Halse | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Halse Farm | solar farm | 8.2 | operational | 1.9 |
| Montys Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.8 |
| Lower Marsh Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.1 |
| Fideoak Mills | battery storage | 30 | operational | 6.4 |
| Taunton Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 6.6 |
| Hele Manor Farm, Bradford On Tone | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| RITHERDENS FARM solar park | solar farm | 9.5 | refused | 6.9 |
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 (51.0682, -3.2043).