Southern Counties Shooting Ground Phase 2 (5 MW solar farm)
Southern Counties Shooting Ground Phase 2 is a 5 MW solar farm project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 2 February 2017; the record was last updated on 23 June 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
23 June 2017record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Application submitted |
| 8 January 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 20 September 2016 | Construction started |
| 2 February 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 23 June 2017
- Operator or applicant
- British Solar Renewables
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- WD/D/15/001862
- Site area
- 17.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Southern Counties Leisure, Long Ash Lane, Wardon Hill
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 17 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5891
Who decides
| Applications | Dorset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 125 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 23 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 105 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 15 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Counties Shooting Ground Phase 1 | solar farm | 9 | operational | 0.1 |
| Wraxall Road, Higher Wraxall Solar Farm | solar farm | 13.5 | application withdrawn | 5.4 |
| Rampisham North | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.0 |
| Rampisham Down Transmitting Station | solar farm | 24 | application withdrawn | 6.2 |
| Alton Mead Lane | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 6.5 |
| Cruxton Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | refused | 7.2 |
| Caswell Farm, Common Lane | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 7.5 |
| Caswell Farm, Common Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 7.5 |
| Caswell Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 6.7 | operational | 7.8 |
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 (50.822, -2.5562).