Solar · United Kingdom
Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility
Under Construction30 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 17 February 2026
The site
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status
- Under Construction
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon Alliance / Taiyo Power & Storage
- Location
- Marsh Green Farm Marsh Green, Exeter, Devon, EX5 2EU, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- East Devon
- Planning application
- 22/0990/MFUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/U1105/W/23/3320714
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Timeline
- 19 May 2022 Planning application submitted
- 12 January 2023 Planning permission refused
- 20 April 2023 Appeal lodged
- 30 November 2023 Planning permission granted
- 30 November 2023 Appeal granted
- 1 October 2025 Construction started
- 30 November 2026 Planning permission expired
Incidents on the register at this site
None found. The register holds no published incident that names Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility. 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 property
- Solar inverter fire on agricultural building in Shropshire
- Fire damages solar panel batteries in a Teignmouth garage
- Fire damages roof with one solar panel in The Charltons
- Solar panels on flat roof alight at terraced building in Newquay
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