Planning application
Land at Flaxlands Farm, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 8DY
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
The construction and operation (including maintenance) of a 49.9MW solar farm to include ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays, electrical substations, grid balancing infrastructure, cabling, BESS (49.9MW capacity), communications tower, other ass
As published by the council, reference PL/2025/05830
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2025/05830
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 22 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Royal Wootton Bassett East ED
- Parish
- Lydiard Tregoze CP
- Postcode
- SN4 8DY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2025
Received by Wiltshire
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Wiltshire took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
113 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Wiltshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Wiltshire decided full applications in a median of 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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