planning permission

Wiltshire Council has denied planning permission for a solar farm proposal submitted by renewable energy developer Low Carbon.

Getting planning permission for new UK solar developments can be a long process, made harder by various rounds of consultation.

Cumberland Council has granted planning permission for a 200MW/400MWh BESS project from developers Recurrent Energy and Windel Energy which, unless a new grid connection date is agreed, won’t start construction until 2029.

Maldon District Council has granted planning permission to British Solar Renewables (BSR) for a new solar project in Essex.

Exagen has been granted planning permission to build a battery storage facility within the Cheltenham and Gloucester Green Belt. 

Bluefield Renewable Developments has gained planning consent for four projects with a capacity of nearly 200MW.

The Scottish Government have released a new planning system, National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), this week which shows how planners will be expected to treat solar developments across Scotland.

Scotland is set to reform its planning rules for solar energy to incentivise rooftop installations across the nation.

British Solar Renewables (BSR) has received planning consent for a 28MW solar project based in Hampshire.

In the second edition of our new series, Solar Power Portal talked to Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville about land-use and solar power planning permission.