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South Brooks Solar Farm Kent And East Sussex

25/01218External Scoping OpinionsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Scoping Opinion from the Planning Inspectorate (prepared on behalf of the Secretary of State) for the proposed South Brooks Solar Farm by Blue Planet Solar Limited

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at South Brooks Solar Farm Kent And East Sussex. Dover has handled 371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Dover's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

77% of outline applications at Dover District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
External Scoping Opinions
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2025
Target decision date
9 December 2025
Decision issued
12 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Environmental Services Operations Group 3 Temple Quay House 2 The Square Bristol, BS1 6PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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

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© 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.

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