Planning application · Solar · Wiltshire
Snarlton Farm (Melksham solar farm)
Operational49.6 MWApplication 13/06140/FULSubmitted 19 November 2013Granted on appeal 18 June 2015
The application
- Application number
- 13/06140/FUL
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 49.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Foresight
- Location
- Land at Snarlton Farm Snarlton Lane Melksham Wilts, SN12 7QP
- Appeal reference
- APP/Y3940/A/14/2221012
- First operating
- 2016
Timeline
- 19 November 2013 Planning application submitted
- 16 April 2014 Planning permission refused
- 3 July 2014 Appeal lodged
- 18 June 2015 Planning permission granted
- 18 June 2015 Appeal granted
- 23 November 2015 Construction started
- 31 March 2016 Operational
Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site
The pack for this site lists 89 comparable solar incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-2109, Solar installer falls through fragile farm roof at Kemble, suffering brain injuries, 34 km from this site.
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| EIR-2109 | 2015 | Solar installer falls through fragile farm roof at Kemble, suffering brain injuries | 34 km | Major |
| EIR-2065 | 2021 | Loft fire believed caused by a solar panel at Paintworks flats in Bristol | 34 km | Minor |
| EIR-1416 | 2025 | Fire at Bristol hospital started in solar panels | 35 km | Significant |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Snarlton Farm (Melksham solar farm) from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.
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