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Brooks Farm Solar Park
Brooks Farm Solar Park is an operational 8 MW solar farm in Cherwell, generating since 28 March 2015. Planning permission was granted on 5 September 2014, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Green Energy UK Direct Ltd.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 13 June 2014 |
| Permission granted | 5 September 2014 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 28 March 2015 7 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Under Construction | — | 0.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 19 | 0.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.3 | 1.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.5 | 3.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.6 | 4.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13 | 6.6 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 24 | 7.4 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 10.6 km |
How big is Brooks Farm Solar Park?
Brooks Farm Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 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 Brooks Farm Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as Green Energy UK Direct Ltd. 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 Brooks Farm Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 13 June 2014. Permission was granted on 5 September 2014, 3 months later. The site became operational on 28 March 2015, 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 2307.
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