Solar · United Kingdom
Twitch Hill, Cheswell Grange Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Under Construction25 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 1 July 2024
The site
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status
- Under Construction
- Operator or applicant
- Ethical Power
- Location
- Cheswell Grange Farm, Cheswell Drive, Cheswell, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 9AE, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Planning application
- TWC/2021/1225
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Timeline
- 22 December 2021 Planning application submitted
- 29 June 2022 Planning permission granted
- 1 June 2024 Construction started
- 28 July 2025 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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