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Planning application update
The application submitted by Dean Moor Solar Farm has now been accepted by the Planning Inspectorate and will move onto the pre-examination stage of the DCO application process.
The pre-examination stage will include a period where the public and other stakeholders are invited to submit Relevant Representations to the Planning Inspectorate to share their views. Firma Vogt Solar will be sharing further information about these next steps shortly as we advance discussions with the Planning Inspectorate.
More guidance on the Examination process can be found here: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/application-process/the-process/
We will be running a webinar on Thursday 1st from 6 - 7:30 pm sharing a detailed update on the project and how members of the public can get involved in the examination process. To register for the webinar, please email info@deanmoorsolarfarm.com
DEAN MOOR SOLAR FARM
We have now had our application for Dean Moor Solar Farm accepted by the Planning Inspectorate following application submission in Spring 2025.
The design that was submitted as part of our DCO application took into consideration the feedback we received during our non-statutory and statutory public consultations, in addition to technical evaluation and environmental studies undertaken throughout the pre-application period of the project’s development.
More information on the statutory consultation can be found on the Public Consultation page and the consultation materials are available on the Documents page.
Dean Moor Solar Farm is located between the villages of Gilgarran and Branthwaite in West Cumbria. If approved, the project will consist of the construction, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning of a solar energy generating station comprising solar photovoltaic (‘PV’) arrays, landscape and biodiversity enhancements, and other associated infrastructure (‘the Proposed Development’) on approximately 279.50 hectares (‘ha’) of land.
The solar farm will assist in tackling the climate emergency and help the UK Government in meeting its target to reach net zero by 2050 and ambition to reach 70 gigawatts of installed solar capacity by 2035.
Additional information about the proposals and the consultation process can be found on the Government’s National Infrastructure Planning Website.
FAQs Section Update
We’d like to thank local residents for providing their feedback during the informal public consultation stage, which we held in October 2023. We have updated our FAQ section to address some of the most frequent questions asked during the non-statutory consultation phase. The new FAQs are marked with a *.