Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Fernbrook - Solar farm & Battery storage
Fernbrook - Solar farm & Battery storage is a permitted power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Dorset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Park Farm Access To Park Farm Gillingham, SP8 5JG | 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 | 13 Feb 2023 (permit P/FUL/2021/02046, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 2 Jul 2021 (reference P/FUL/2021/02046, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Feb 2023 (granted, reference P/FUL/2021/02046, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Jan 2022 (refused, reference P/FUL/2021/02046, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Feb 2023 (appeal granted, reference P/FUL/2021/02046, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 39.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0284, -2.2522 | 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 Dorset, reference P/FUL/2021/02046)
- Permit granted (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2021/02046)
- Permit refused (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2021/02046)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2021/02046)
How it compares
Fernbrook - Solar farm & Battery storage is the 514th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 514th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 190 grid connections (120 operating, 1,089 MW), 116 substations, 3 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennymoor Pit Farmhouse grid connection | Grid connection | 115 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Gillingham Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| 30MW PV & 30MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Hawkers Hill Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| Shaftesbury BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Shaftesbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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- Perham Down - Meadow Solar Farm & Battery Storage49.9 MW · permitted
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.