Solar · United Kingdom
Great Wheatley Road - Solar Farm
Under Construction30 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 17 June 2026
The site
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status
- Under Construction
- Operator or applicant
- Aura Power Solar UK Limited
- Location
- W/O Great Wheatley Farm, Great Wheatley Road, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7AL, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Rochford
- Planning application
- 22/00175/FUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/B1550/W/23/3329891
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Timeline
- 17 March 2022 Planning application submitted
- 5 July 2023 Planning permission refused
- 1 September 2023 Appeal lodged
- 11 March 2024 Planning permission granted
- 11 March 2024 Appeal granted
- 1 January 2026 Construction started
- 11 March 2027 Planning permission expired
Incidents on the register at this site
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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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