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BMW UK Manufacturing Ltd
BMW UK Manufacturing Ltd is an operational 3 MW solar farm in Oxford, generating since 5 November 2014. REPD does not record the planning grant date. Operator of record: Free Green Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | not recorded |
| Permission granted | not recorded |
| Operational | 5 November 2014 |
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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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How big is BMW UK Manufacturing Ltd?
BMW UK Manufacturing Ltd has a recorded installed capacity of 3 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 BMW UK Manufacturing Ltd?
REPD records the operator as Free Green Energy. 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 BMW UK Manufacturing Ltd approved and built?
REPD does not record a submission date. REPD does not record a grant date. The site became operational on 5 November 2014.
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 1284.
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