Saltlands Avenue Solar Parks (8.9 MW)
Saltlands Avenue Solar Parks is an 8.9 MW solar farm project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 11 January 2022, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 December 2023. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 January 2022 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 8.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 December 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Somerset County Council
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 20/22/00001
- Site area
- 12.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Saltlands Avenue, Bridgwater
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Name in REPD
- Saltlands Avenue - Solar Parks
- REPD reference
- 10135
Recorded together with Saltlands Avenue -Battery Storage (battery storage, application submitted).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsey Levels Solar Farm | solar farm | 24 | operational | 2.4 |
| Summerway Drove, East Bower | battery storage | 90 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Park Wall Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Puriton Landfill Solar Farm | solar farm | 11.4 | operational | 4.1 |
| Land to the South West of Horsey Lane | solar farm | 25 | refused on appeal | 4.3 |
| Cobbs Cross Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.5 |
| Withy End | wind farm | 10 | refused | 5.6 |
| Black Ditch | wind farm | 9.2 | refused | 5.9 |
| Huntspill Level Solar Park | solar farm | 5.5 | operational | 6.2 |
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 (51.143, -2.9948).