BCP Council planners give green light to Christchurch solar project

Clean energy company Enviromena has been granted planning permission by BCP Council for its largest self-developed solar project to date at the 66-hectare Parley Court Solar Farm site Christchurch.

The 42.43 MWp project has been in the planning process since November 2021 and significant engagement and modelling has taken place with the Environment Agency in order to agree a design which includes flood alleviation measures to benefit the site and nearby areas.

It’s expected to produce over 51,000 MWhs of green energy a year, avoiding over 9,500 tonnes of carbon per annum and providing enough energy to power over 18,500 UK homes each year.

Mark Harding, European Development director at Enviromena, said: “With further projects totalling circa 200MW submitted into the planning process in the past few months and a further 300MW expected to be submitted into planning by the end of the summer, we hope that this is the first of many planning consents secured across our self-development pipeline in 2024.”