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Blakenhall Park Solar Farm
Blakenhall Park Solar Farm is operational in East Staffordshire with a recorded capacity of 1.8 MW, and has been generating since 2015-09-15.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2015-04-01 |
| Permission granted | 2015-06-06 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 2015-09-15 3 months after consent |
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 Staffordshire’s record on solar
East Staffordshire has decided 17 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 2.7 months. See every solar farm decision in East Staffordshire →
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| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Drakelow Renewable Energy Centre Advanced Conversion Technologies · Under Construction | 15 | 6.3 km |
Drakelow Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6.3 km |
Park Lane Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 8.6 km |
Huddlesford Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 8.8 km |
Rolleston Park Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.7 | 9.7 km |
Land at Coton Park Colliery Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 9.9 km |
Bretby Power Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.6 | 11.2 km |
Hawthorn Farm - Solar photovoltaic panels Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 10 | 12 km |
How big is Blakenhall Park Solar Farm?
Blakenhall Park Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 1.8 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 Blakenhall Park Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Mercer Farming. 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 Blakenhall Park Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2015-04-01. Permission was granted on 2015-06-06, 2 months later. The site became operational on 2015-09-15, 3 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 5148.
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