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Chalgrave Manor Solar Farm

Revised30 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 11 January 2022

The site

Technology: Solar
Capacity: 30 MW
Status: Revised
Operator or applicant: R Upchurch & Partners
Location: Chalgrave Manor, Bedfordshire, LU5 6HT, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Central Bedfordshire
Planning application: CB/20/03856/FULL

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Timeline

2 November 2020 Planning application submitted
21 July 2022 Planning permission expired

Incidents on the register at this site

None found. The register holds no published incident that names Chalgrave Manor Solar Farm. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

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Incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom

The register holds 86 incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom, 59 of them fires, and 344 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

Fire involving solar panels at a Market Harborough house spreads to an adjoining propertyEIR-1554 · 2026
Solar inverter fire on agricultural building in ShropshireEIR-1548 · 2026
Fire damages solar panel batteries in a Teignmouth garageEIR-1523 · 2026
Fire damages roof with one solar panel in The CharltonsEIR-1522 · 2026
Solar panels on flat roof alight at terraced building in NewquayEIR-1521 · 2026

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