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Breach Farm - Solar farm
Breach Farm - Solar farm is an operational 0.66 MW battery storage site in East Cambridgeshire, generating since 1 December 2023. Planning permission was granted on 10 December 2021, 7 months after submission. Operator of record: Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 29 April 2021 |
| Permission granted | 10 December 2021 7 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 December 2023 24 months after consent |
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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.
East Cambridgeshire’s record on battery storage
East Cambridgeshire has decided 6 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 5.5 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in East Cambridgeshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 0 km |
Battery · Operational | 50 | 2.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 39.5 | 2.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 28 | 3.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 29.4 | 4.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 4.6 km |
How big is Breach Farm - Solar farm?
Breach Farm - Solar farm has a recorded installed capacity of 0.66 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 Breach Farm - Solar farm?
REPD records the operator as Octopus Renewables Infrastructure 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 Breach Farm - Solar farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 29 April 2021. Permission was granted on 10 December 2021, 7 months later. The site became operational on 1 December 2023, 24 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 9058.
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