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Broxted Solar Farm (Stradishall Airfield)
Broxted Solar Farm (Stradishall Airfield) is an operational 31.6 MW solar farm in West Suffolk, generating since 31 March 2014. Planning permission was granted on 10 December 2012, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Lark Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 September 2012 |
| Permission granted | 10 December 2012 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 31 March 2014 16 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Non Agricultural 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.
West Suffolk’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.04 | 8.3 km |
Battery · Operational | 20 | 9.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.99 | 10.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 24 | 11.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 26 | 14.3 km |
How big is Broxted Solar Farm (Stradishall Airfield)?
Broxted Solar Farm (Stradishall Airfield) has a recorded installed capacity of 31.6 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 Broxted Solar Farm (Stradishall Airfield)?
REPD records the operator as Lark 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 Broxted Solar Farm (Stradishall Airfield) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 September 2012. Permission was granted on 10 December 2012, 3 months later. The site became operational on 31 March 2014, 16 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 1592.
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