Wick Farm Melksham Substation (49.9 MW solar farm)
Wick Farm Melksham Substation is a 49.9 MW solar farm project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction; the record was last updated on 6 May 2025.
49.9 MWsolar farm
under constructionstatus in REPD
6 May 2025record last updated
Wiltshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 August 2020 | Application submitted |
| 17 December 2021 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 6 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- JBM Solar Projects
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- 20/06840/FUL
- Site area
- 96.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land North of Melksham Substat, Near Melksham, Chippenham,
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Time to decision
- 69 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR4
- REPD reference
- 8062
Recorded together with Wick Farm, Melksham Substation (battery storage, under construction).
Who decides
| Applications | Wiltshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 140 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 18 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 13 of 110 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melksham Substation East Storage | battery storage | 50 | operational | 1.3 |
| Brockleaze, Neston Park Estate | battery storage | 450 | application submitted | 3.2 |
| Roundponds Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 13.5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Norrington Common Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 3.4 |
| Leechpool Farm, Norrington Battery Storage | battery storage | 13 | permission expired | 3.4 |
| Norrington Gate Farm, Broughton Gifford | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 4.1 |
| Snarlton Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 4.1 |
| Studley Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Snarlton Farm (Melksham solar farm) | solar farm | 49.6 | operational | 5.0 |
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 (51.4062, -2.1383).