Planning application · Solar · Pembrokeshire

Tiers Cross Solar Farm

Operational24 MWApplication 13/0214/PASubmitted 24 May 2013Granted 14 October 2013

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The application

Application number: 13/0214/PA
Planning authority: Pembrokeshire
County or area: Dyfed
Nation: Wales
Technology: Solar
Capacity: 24 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: Good Energy Generation
Location: Rose Cottage Farm; Woodson Farm; Tierson Farm, Tiers Cross, Milford Haven, Dyfed, SA73 3TN
First operating: 2014

Timeline

24 May 2013 Planning application submitted
14 October 2013 Planning permission granted
19 December 2013 Construction started
25 October 2014 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-1533, Solar panel fault causes fire at village hall roof in Cheriton Bishop, 143 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1533	2022	Solar panel fault causes fire at village hall roof in Cheriton Bishop	143 km	Significant
EIR-1541	2015	Transformer unit fire at a solar farm on Copshorn Road, Bodmin	144 km	Minor
EIR-1544	2014	Fire at solar panel installation near Bodmin Jail	144 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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Summary for this site

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In the full pack

What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Tiers Cross 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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