Solar · United Kingdom
The Coach House, Gwinear Lane - Speedwell Solar Farm
Awaiting Construction40 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 1 May 2026
The site
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- StatKraft
- Location
- The Coach House, Gwinear Lane, Gwinear Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5LA, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Cornwall
- Planning application
- PA23/09696
- Appeal reference
- 25/00211/REF
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Timeline
- 22 January 2024 Planning application submitted
- 17 February 2025 Planning permission refused
- 12 August 2025 Appeal lodged
- 19 March 2026 Planning permission granted
- 19 March 2026 Appeal granted
- 19 March 2029 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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