Devon’s largest solar farm and BESS to date – Bulworthy Farm, Alverdiscott. September 2025
We were very pleased to be given the opportunity to speak at a special meeting organised by Alverdiscott & Huntshaw parish council to discuss the Bulworthy solar farm and Battery Energy Storage System planning application. Alverdiscott village hall was full of local people all coming to hear more about the proposal, to ask questions, and to make their views known.
We have submitted a comprehensive objection to the proposal which, covering 279 acres of farmland, would be Devon’s largest to date. The proposal is so large that it straddles two Local Planning Authorities – North Devon and Torridge District Councils – and a combined planning committee from both LPAs will make the decision to permit or refuse the application in due course. We explained the key points of our objection to the meeting, and also referred to other recent appeal decisions both locally and nationally.
Send your own comments about this application to both district councils, quoting the following planning application reference numbers – Torridge: 1/0470/2025/FULM and North Devon: 80402.
To find our more about it, see our short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_-ZfYY-v7A
