Power plant · Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Fair Park Solar Farm
Fair Park Solar Farm is a permitted battery storage plant in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Downing Renewable Developments Llp.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cornwall (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj Trewaters Bungalow, S/O Carland Cross, Trispen, Newquay, TR8 5BB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Oct 2025 (permit PA23/02629, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cornwall) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Apr 2023 (reference PA23/02629, planning authority Cornwall) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Oct 2025 (granted, reference PA23/02629, planning authority Cornwall) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Nov 2024 (refused, reference PA23/02629, planning authority Cornwall) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Oct 2025 (appeal granted, reference PA23/02629, planning authority Cornwall) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Downing Renewable Developments Llp (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.3380, -5.0053 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Cornwall, reference PA23/02629)
- Permit granted (planning authority Cornwall, reference PA23/02629)
- Permit refused (planning authority Cornwall, reference PA23/02629)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cornwall, reference PA23/02629)
How it compares
Fair Park Solar Farm is the 974th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,575th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 974th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,575th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,572nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Operator and place
More from Downing Renewable Developments Llp
- Meerdyke Solar Panels & Battery Storage49.9 MW · permitted
- Fair Park Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
- Freeby Lane, Green Energy Park - Solar Panels & Battery Storage49.8 MW · planned
- Fife Tractors, Drum Road - Battery Energy Storage12.5 MW
- Elvington Water Treatment Works - Solar Photovoltaic Array3 MW · permitted
- FCC Thurcroft BESS grid connection750 MW
- Didcot BESS 1 grid connection750 MW
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.