Cleve Hill Solar Park

Marsh land footway besides new solar park

The site is located on the north Kent coast, roughly 1 mile northeast of Faversham, 3 miles west of Whitstable and situated closest to the village of Graveney.It is surrounded by habitats designated for their wildlife value at a National and International level

How is it different from other solar parks?
Cleve Hill Solar Park is huge. It is about five times bigger than anything else currently built in the UK. Most notably it is also of a very different design to other solar developments – rather than south-facing panels, they will face east and west, meaning they can be installed much closer together. This new design is likely to increase the impacts and significantly reduce the opportunities for wildlife compared to ‘traditional’ designs. Owing to the flood risk, the panels will also be placed quite high and will be almost 4 metres tall in places, leading to quite an industrial landscape.