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.

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.

Click on the link below to read IGP's response to your relevant representation.

Next Steps

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

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

Examination Stage

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.

The examination has started

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

Next Steps

Documents on Planning Inspectorate website

Stop Lime Down Relevant Representation

Lime Down Solar Park

The examination has started

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

Next Steps

Documents on Planning Inspectorate website

Stop Lime Down Relevant Representation

Lime Down Solar Park

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