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Land between Woodlands Solar Farm, North Farm Solar Farm, and Mannington Substation

P/FUL/2025/06819Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 July 2026

Council decision: Granted16 conditions

Proposal

Proposed cable route in conjunction with approved solar farm developments (North Farm Solar Farm ref. P/FUL/2023/02829 and Woodlands Solar Farm ref. P/FUL/2023/03415) at Mannington, Horton.

Submitted
14 November 2025
Ward
Cranborne and Alderholt Ward
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 250 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land between Woodlands Solar Farm, North Farm Solar Farm, and Mannington Substation. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 250 days, 30 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Cranborne and Alderholt Ward.

92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holt

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Lockside Office Park Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS

Additional information

Documents
61

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Dorset
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    14 Nov

    Proposed cable route in conjunction with approved solar farm developments (North Farm Solar Farm ref…

    This applicationApprovedFullP/FUL/2025/06819
  2. 2023
    16 May

    Construction of Solar Farm and associated infrastructure

    PendingFull Planning ApplicationPart ofP/FUL/2023/02829

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