Tonedale Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Tonedale Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 10 December 2015; the record was last updated on 17 August 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
17 August 2016record last updated
Somersetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 February 2015 | Application submitted |
| 11 June 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 September 2015 | Construction started |
| 10 December 2015 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 17 August 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Capital Estate Tonedale
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 43/15/0008
- Site area
- 9.9 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Tonedale Farm, Linden Hill, Wellington, Somerset
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Time to decision
- 18 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiseburrow Farm | solar farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 5.2 |
| Hele Manor Farm, Bradford On Tone | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| RITHERDENS FARM solar park | solar farm | 9.5 | refused | 7.4 |
| Taunton Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 7.8 |
| Fideoak Mills | battery storage | 30 | operational | 7.9 |
| Montys Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.1 |
| Junction 27, Westleigh | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 8.3 |
| Halse Farm | solar farm | 8.2 | operational | 8.4 |
| Ayshford Court Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.7 |
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 (50.9798, -3.248).