Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
North Dairy Farm Solar Farm
North Dairy Farm Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by British Solar Renewables.
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 | North Dairy Farm Access To Nor, Pulham, Dorchester, DT2 7EA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Jan 2024 (permit P/FUL/2021/01018, 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 | 15 Apr 2021 (reference P/FUL/2021/01018, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Jan 2024 (granted, reference P/FUL/2021/01018, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | British Solar Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 77.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8727, -2.4022 | 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 (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2021/01018)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2021/01018)
How it compares
North Dairy Farm Solar Farm is the 805th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,320th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 805th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,320th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,749th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 142 grid connections (90 operating, 727 MW), 97 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dairy Farm - Solar PV (Flexible Connection) grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Pulham Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Higher Stockbridge Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 8.4 km |
| Piddletrenthide Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Cerne Abbas Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.1 km |
| Stalbridge grid connection | Grid connection | 4.13 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
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