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Barvills Solar Farm
Barvills Solar Farm is an operational 5 MW solar farm in Thurrock, generating since 29 March 2017. Planning permission was granted on 7 August 2015, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: BE Renewables/Barvills Solar Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 19 March 2015 |
| Permission granted | 7 August 2015 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 29 March 2017 20 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Thurrock
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.
Thurrock’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.9 | 2.4 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.8 | 2.4 km |
Battery · Operational | 150 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4 | 4.9 km |
Battery · Operational | 3.8 | 4.9 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 43 | 5.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 12 | 6.2 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.5 | 9.1 km |
How big is Barvills Solar Farm?
Barvills Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 5 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 Barvills Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as BE Renewables/Barvills Solar Limited. 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 Barvills Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 19 March 2015. Permission was granted on 7 August 2015, 5 months later. The site became operational on 29 March 2017, 20 months after consent.
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 5942.
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