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Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm)
Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm) is an operational 22.6 MW solar farm in East Lindsey, generating since 12 March 2024. Planning permission was granted on 30 November 2017, 7 months after submission. Operator of record: Innova Renewables Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2 May 2017 |
| Permission granted | 30 November 2017 7 months after submission |
| Operational | 12 March 2024 75 months after consent |
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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.
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.
East Lindsey’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.4 | 0.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.6 | 2.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.6 | 3.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 5.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 7.1 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.4 | 12.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 14.9 km |
How big is Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm)?
Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm) has a recorded installed capacity of 22.6 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 Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm)?
REPD records the operator as Innova Renewables 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 Bicker Fen (previously Manor Farm) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2 May 2017. Permission was granted on 30 November 2017, 7 months later. The site became operational on 12 March 2024, 75 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 1694.
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