Stour Row Solar Farm (12 MW)
Stour Row Solar Farm is a 12 MW solar farm project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 23 August 2014; the record was last updated on 10 October 2016.
12 MWsolar farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
10 October 2016record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 June 2011 | Application submitted |
| 24 August 2011 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 August 2014 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 12 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 10 October 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Allied Renewables
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- 2/2011/0713/PLNG
- Address (REPD)
- Land At St (E) 382383 (N) 120456 Stour Row Shaftesbury Dorset
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6233
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Farm | solar farm | 11 | refused on appeal | 4.3 |
| Hawkers Hill Energy Park | battery storage | 20 | operational | 4.4 |
| Shaftesbury Energy Park | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Fernbrook Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Motcombe Road, Motcombe Solar Pv Arrays | solar farm | 12 | application submitted | 5.3 |
| Land east of Littledown Business Park | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 6.0 |
| Manor Farm (Dorset) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.1 |
| Land at Stalbridge Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.1 |
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 (50.9832, -2.2523).