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Bentham Farm
Bentham Farm is an operational 8 MW solar farm in Wiltshire, generating since 15 July 2015. Planning permission was granted on 15 December 2014, 14 months after submission. Operator of record: Hive Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 8 October 2013 |
| Permission granted | 15 December 2014 14 months after submission |
| Operational | 15 July 2015 7 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
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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| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 2.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.7 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.7 km |
Advanced Conversion Technologies · Under Construction | 6 | 6 km |
Battery · Operational | 49.99 | 6.2 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3 | 6.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 6.7 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 6 | 6.8 km |
How big is Bentham Farm?
Bentham Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 8 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 Bentham Farm?
REPD records the operator as Hive 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 Bentham Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 8 October 2013. Permission was granted on 15 December 2014, 14 months later. The site became operational on 15 July 2015, 7 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 2344.
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