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Bubney Farm
Bubney Farm is an operational 40 MW solar farm in Shropshire, generating since 28 March 2023. Planning permission was granted on 1 October 2021, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: AlphaReal.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 1 April 2021 |
| Permission granted | 1 October 2021 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 28 March 2023 18 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.
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.6 | 1.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 2.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 2.18 | 2.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2.4 | 4.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14 | 9.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7.2 | 13.3 km |
How big is Bubney Farm?
Bubney Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 40 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 Bubney Farm?
REPD records the operator as AlphaReal. 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 Bubney Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 1 April 2021. Permission was granted on 1 October 2021, 6 months later. The site became operational on 28 March 2023, 18 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 8146.
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