Planning application · Solar · Blaby
Soars Lodge Farm, Foston Lane - Solar Farm
Awaiting Construction49.9 MWApplication 24/0734/FULSubmitted 23 October 2024Granted 20 March 2026
The application
- Application number
- 24/0734/FUL
- Planning authority
- Blaby
- County or area
- Leicestershire
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Soars Solar Limited
- Location
- Soars Lodge Farm, Foston Lane, Foston, Leicester, LE8 5WP
Timeline
- 23 October 2024 Planning application submitted
- 20 March 2026 Planning permission granted
- 20 March 2029 Planning permission expired Date as recorded in the register
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-2151, Sunlight reflected from a shed solar panel believed to have started a house fire in Thurnby Lodge, 11 km from this site.
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| EIR-2151 | 2018 | Sunlight reflected from a shed solar panel believed to have started a house fire in Thurnby Lodge | 11 km | Significant |
| EIR-1554 | 2026 | Fire involving solar panels at a Market Harborough house spreads to an adjoining property | 13 km | Significant |
| EIR-1545 | 2024 | Fire involving solar panels on a building under construction in Kettering | 31 km | Minor |
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 86 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Soars Lodge Farm, Foston Lane - 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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