Tintinhull Forts Solar Park (6 MW)
Tintinhull Forts Solar Park is a 6 MW solar farm project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 1 October 2013; the record was last updated on 19 November 2013.
6 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
19 November 2013record last updated
Somersetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 July 2013 | Application submitted |
| 1 October 2013 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 19 November 2013
- Operator or applicant
- Lumicity
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 13/02925/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent A303 Tintinhull Forts Tintinhull Forts Tintinhull Yeovil
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 1456
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tintinhull Forts Solar Park 13/01409/FUL | 8 | 11 April 2013 | withdrawn 25 June 2013 |
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 | 8.0 |
| Somerton Door Farm, Somerton Door Drove Solar farm | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 8.0 |
| Southfield Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 8.3 |
| Little Park Farm | solar farm | 8.6 | application withdrawn | 8.3 |
| Chilton Cantelo Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.5 |
| Camp Road, West Coker | solar farm | 15.2 | approved, not built | 8.6 |
| Higher Hill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.0 |
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 (50.9987, -2.7241).