Somerton Door Farm, Somerton Door Drove Solar farm (20 MW)
Somerton Door Farm, Somerton Door Drove Solar farm is a 20 MW solar farm project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 28 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 11 September 2025.
20 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
11 September 2025record last updated
Somersetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 11 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Sky UK Development Limited
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 25/01694/FUL
- Site area
- 32.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Somerton Door Farm, Somerton Door Drove, Somerton
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Name in REPD
- Somerton Door Farm, Somerton Door Drove - Solar farm
- REPD reference
- 19464
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerton Door Farm | solar farm | 8.7 | operational | <0.1 |
| Little Park Farm | solar farm | 8.6 | application withdrawn | 0.8 |
| Higher Hill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.8 |
| Redlands Farm | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 6.6 |
| Nythe Road, Pedwell Solar Photovoltaic Park | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 6.9 |
| Park Wood Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.2 |
| Aller Court Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.6 |
| Tintinhull Forts Solar Park | solar farm | 6 | refused | 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 (51.0677, -2.7571).