Stop Lime Down Industrial Solar

Nearly 5,000 comment to PINS: 99% objecting to Lime Down

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) published all public Relevant Representations to their website in relation to the Lime Down application. There were nearly 5,000 individual comments (4,958), that is a staggering amount. Moreover, 99% of the comments were in objection to the plans.

Thank you to everyone who submitted a comment. Your voice has made a difference. If you wish to read the representation from Stop Lime Down, you will find a link below.

Next Steps

The formal examination of the Lime Down industrial solar project starts on 21 April 2026 in Chippenham.

You need to register to attend or to speak (online or in person). Register by 9 March 2026.

This is OUR opportunity to stand together and show decision-makers why this development is so wrong for this community.

Where: Neeld Community & Arts Centre, Chippenham
When: 21 April (morning and afternoon) and 22 April 2026
Why: To to show the examiners why this project cannot go ahead here

If you want to attend or speak at the Lime Down hearings on 21-22 April you must register by 9 March 2026. This isn't optional and the date will not change.

You can attend in person OR online
You can observe OR speak
You'll need your Interested Party Number (check your email from PINS)
Registration takes just minutes - click on the link below.

Lime Down Solar Park

Lime Down Solar Park is a 3,000 acre industrial facility proposed by Island Green Power, a Bermuda- registered company 100% owned by Australian venture capital group Macquarie.

The development includes:

thousands of solar panels, towering 4.5 metres (13.5ft) high;

42 acres dedicated to battery storage containers, inverters, and substations;

all enclosed by 3-metre fencing with CCTV surveillance;

a 20km cable route to the national grid, tunnelling under the M4 and railway line causing further disruption to landowners and villages along its path.

This isn’t about clean energy – it’s about turning our countryside into an industrialised commodity. The profits will flow offshore while we are left with the consequences.

Examination Stage Starts on 21 April 026

Examination Stage Starts on 21 April 026

Examination Stage Starts on 21 April 026

Examination Stage Starts on 21 April 026

Examination Stage Starts on 21 April 026

Examination Stage Starts on 21 April 026

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) starts their Examination Stage on Lime Down on 21 April 2026.

Register if you wish to attend or speak at the upcoming hearings

The Examination starts on 21 April 2026

Nearly 5,000 comment to PINS: 99% objecting to Lime Down

Next Steps

Stop Lime Down Relevant Representation

Lime Down Solar Park

Examination Stage Starts on 21 April 026

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) starts their Examination Stage on Lime Down on 21 April 2026.

Register if you wish to attend or speak at the upcoming hearings

The Examination starts on 21 April 2026

Nearly 5,000 comment to PINS: 99% objecting to Lime Down

Next Steps

Stop Lime Down Relevant Representation

Lime Down Solar Park

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