Planning application · Solar · Cornwall

Whalesborough Farm, Marhamchurch - Solar Array

Awaiting Construction2.1 MWApplication PA23/04788Submitted 19 July 2023Granted 23 February 2024

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The application

Application number: PA23/04788
Planning authority: Cornwall
Nation: England
Technology: Solar
Capacity: 2.1 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant: Country Parks Limited
Location: Whalesborough Farm, Marhamchurch, Bude, EX23 0JD

Timeline

19 July 2023 Planning application submitted
23 February 2024 Planning permission granted
23 February 2027 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-1541, Transformer unit fire at a solar farm on Copshorn Road, Bodmin, 40 km from this site.

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EIR-1541	2015	Transformer unit fire at a solar farm on Copshorn Road, Bodmin	40 km	Minor
EIR-1544	2014	Fire at solar panel installation near Bodmin Jail	40 km	Minor
EIR-1528	2023	Fire at solar farm conversion unit in Roche extinguished	49 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 Whalesborough Farm, Marhamchurch - Solar Array 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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