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The examination is underway
The Planning Inspectorate Examination into the proposed Lime Down Solar project continues this week with a series of public Hearings in Swindon. Stop Lime Down will be represented throughout the Hearings by our planning barrister and independent experts on Landscape & Visual, Transport and Ecology.
Members of the public are welcome to observe the Hearings. If you have not already registered to attend in person, please contact the Planning Inspectorate to check whether spaces remain available. (The deadline to register to speak has now passed.)
The Lime Down Solar Examination began on 21 April 2026 in Chippenham. Thank you to everyone who has supported Stop Lime Down throughout the Examination so far and to the many volunteers, experts and legal advisers who have contributed to our evidence.
SLD's Written Representations and supporting documents were successfully submitted to the Planning Inspectorate and, together, run to thousands of pages. They set out detailed technical evidence on the wide-ranging impacts of the proposed development across landscape, transport, ecology, flooding, heritage, agriculture and local communities.
Our Written Representations and supporting documents can be accessed by clicking on the green link above "Stop Lime Down Expert Reports".
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.