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Higher Farm

Appeal Refused11 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 25 September 2020

Technology
Solar
Capacity
11 MW
Status
Appeal Refused
Operator or applicant
NextPower Higher Farm Limited
Location
Land At E 378449 N 121922, Fifehead Magdalen, Higher Farm Fifehead, Gillingham, Dorset, Dorset, SP8 5RR, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Dorset
Planning application
2/2019/0470/FUL
Appeal reference
3241953

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  • 1 April 2019 Planning application submitted
  • 26 November 2019 Appeal lodged
  • 23 July 2020 Appeal refused

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