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Bentley Motors
Bentley Motors is an operational 2.9 MW solar farm in Cheshire East, generating since 1 August 2018. Planning permission was granted on 24 November 2016, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Bentley Motors.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 31 August 2016 |
| Permission granted | 24 November 2016 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 August 2018 20 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban 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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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 8.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.96 | 12.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14 | 14.5 km |
How big is Bentley Motors?
Bentley Motors has a recorded installed capacity of 2.9 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 Bentley Motors?
REPD records the operator as Bentley Motors. 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 Bentley Motors approved and built?
The application was submitted on 31 August 2016. Permission was granted on 24 November 2016, 3 months later. The site became operational on 1 August 2018, 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 6246.
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