Solar · United Kingdom
Upland Road - 49.9 Megawatt Solar Panels
Application Refused49.9 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 10 July 2026
The site
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status
- Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon Limited
- Location
- Upland Road, High Road, Thornwood, Essex, CM16 6PQ, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Epping Forest
- Planning application
- EPF/1428/25
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Timeline
- 16 July 2025 Planning application submitted
- 11 June 2026 Planning permission refused
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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