Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane (6 MW solar farm)
Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane is a 6 MW solar farm project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 28 February 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 18 March 2024. 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 |
|---|---|
| 28 February 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 18 March 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Valencia Waster Management Limited
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- PL/2024/01599
- Site area
- 7.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane, Calne
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Name in REPD
- Sands Farm Quarry, Low Lane - Solar Panels
- REPD reference
- 16057
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Penn Solar Park | solar farm | 9.6 | operational | 1.2 |
| Forest Gate Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Bradenstoke solar park | solar farm | 69.8 | operational | 7.3 |
| Swallett Energy Park | solar farm | 23 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
| Lake Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 10.0 |
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 (51.441, -1.9795).