Rock Farm / Goldborough Farm (Rookwood) (5 MW solar farm)
Rock Farm / Goldborough Farm (Rookwood) is a 5 MW solar farm project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 2 March 2015; the record was last updated on 3 March 2015.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
3 March 2015record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 December 2013 | Application submitted |
| 7 July 2014 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 January 2015 | Construction started |
| 2 March 2015 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 3 March 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Good Energy Generation
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- 13/07071/FUL
- Site area
- 11.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Goldborough Farm Goldborough Broad Town Swindon
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Time to decision
- 28 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1834
Who decides
| Applications | Wiltshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 140 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 18 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 13 of 110 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickfield Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.5 |
| Spittleborough Farm | solar farm | 12 | operational | 3.0 |
| Park Farm | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 4.4 |
| Wroughton Airfield Solar Park | solar farm | 41 | operational | 4.8 |
| Park Grounds Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 5.1 |
| Mannington Battery Storage Plant | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 5.9 |
| Lower Basset Down Farm | solar farm | 10.5 | operational | 6.2 |
| Bradenstoke solar park | solar farm | 69.8 | operational | 6.2 |
| Brindley Close (Extension) | battery storage | 6 | under construction | 7.6 |
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 (51.5196, -1.8807).