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Blenheim Net Zero Estate
Blenheim Net Zero Estate is under construction in West Oxfordshire with a recorded capacity of 5 MW.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2020-08-12 |
| Permission granted | 2021-01-08 5 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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.
- Registered park or garden — BLENHEIM PALACE
- World Heritage Site — Blenheim Palace
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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|---|---|---|
Cassington AD (Waste AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2.1 | 5.7 km |
The Flit Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.5 | 6.6 km |
Eynsham Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13.2 | 7.6 km |
Aurora Solar Farm Battery · Under Construction | 18 | 8 km |
Aurora Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 32 | 8 km |
Southill Solar Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.5 | 8.1 km |
Rowles Farm solar park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13 | 9.2 km |
Ardley EfW EfW Incineration · Operational | 24 | 9.6 km |
How big is Blenheim Net Zero Estate?
Blenheim Net Zero Estate 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 Blenheim Net Zero Estate?
REPD records the operator as Vanburgh Unit Trust. 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 Blenheim Net Zero Estate approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2020-08-12. Permission was granted on 2021-01-08, 5 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 8069.
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