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Barnsdale Road Solar Park
Barnsdale Road Solar Park is a 40 MW solar farm under construction in Leeds. Planning permission was granted on 21 October 2021, 10 months after submission. Operator of record: OnPath Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 December 2020 |
| Permission granted | 21 October 2021 10 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
- Green Belt — Leeds
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
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|---|---|---|
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.9 | 3.2 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 5.2 | 5.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 10.3 | 6.4 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 320 | 6.4 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 57 | 6.6 km |
Battery · Operational | 150 | 7.1 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 68 | 7.1 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 70 | 7.1 km |
How big is Barnsdale Road Solar Park?
Barnsdale Road Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 40 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Barnsdale Road Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as OnPath Energy. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Barnsdale Road Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 December 2020. Permission was granted on 21 October 2021, 10 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 8167.
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