Waterditch Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage (49.9 MW)
Waterditch Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 21 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 4 September 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
4 September 2025record last updated
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poolecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 4 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Meyrick Estate Management Limited
- Planning authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Planning application reference
- P/25/02590/FUL
- Site area
- 64.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Hawthorn Road Waterditch Farm Christchurch
- Council area (by location)
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Name in REPD
- Waterditch Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11514
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 6 of 28 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterditch Solar Farm | solar farm | 18 | operational | 0.5 |
| Christchurch Energy | solar farm | 18 | operational | 0.9 |
| Office Field | solar farm | 7.2 | operational | 3.5 |
| Solar Farm at Walkford Moor Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Parley Court Solar Farm | solar farm | 35 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Parley Renewable Energy Park (PV) | solar farm | 5 | refused | 7.9 |
| Hale Farm | solar farm | 8 | operational | 8.0 |
| Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 2 | solar farm | 36 | operational | 8.1 |
| Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 1 | solar farm | 20 | operational | 8.2 |
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 (50.7633, -1.7531).