Solar · United Kingdom

Gratton Copse

Application Withdrawn5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 7 February 2013

The site

Technology: Solar
Capacity: 5 MW
Status: Application Withdrawn (Planning Application Withdrawn)
Operator or applicant: Wessex Solar Energy
Location: Loyton Farm, Morebath, Devon, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Mid Devon
Planning application: 12/01195/MFUL

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Timeline

28 August 2012 Planning application submitted
18 January 2013 Application withdrawn

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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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