Planning permission has been granted for a 5MW ground mounted Solar PV Scheme on land at Park Grounds, Royal Wootton Bassett on behalf of Earthworm Energy Ltd. GPP worked closely with Wiltshire Council’s Landscape Architect to minimise the potential visual and landscape impact of the scheme. We also worked with the Council’s Archaeologist to ensure that a suitable scheme of investigation was agreed and the County’s ecologist to develop a scheme to ensure protection and enhancement of Great Crested Newt Habitat. Working proactively with statutory consultees and stakeholders enabled the planning officer to grant planning permission under delegated powers. The Solar Farm development is the latest of a number of successes at the Park Grounds site, where previous planning permissions have included a materials recycling facility, an energy from waste facility along with a number of scheme variations, extension to a municipal waste landfill, green waste composting facility, wood processing facility and a workshop with associated parking facilities.