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Bluegates Solar Park
Bluegates Solar Park is operational in Colchester with a recorded capacity of 10.5 MW, and has been generating since 2015-01-30.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2014-04-04 |
| Permission granted | 2014-07-04 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 2015-01-30 7 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 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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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Blue Gates Farm Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 0.3 km |
Colchester STW Sewage Sludge Digestion · Operational | 1.2 | 5.2 km |
Chancery Farm (Ardleigh) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.9 | 5.6 km |
Langenhoe Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 21.3 | 7 km |
Chisbon Solar Farm (Frowick Lane) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13 | 7.1 km |
Earl's Hall Wind Onshore · Operational | 10.3 | 9.3 km |
Wix Lodge Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.7 | 10 km |
Boxted Airfield Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.8 | 10.5 km |
How big is Bluegates Solar Park?
Bluegates Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 10.5 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 Bluegates Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as Edgar Middleton. 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 Bluegates Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2014-04-04. Permission was granted on 2014-07-04, 3 months later. The site became operational on 2015-01-30, 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 5125.
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