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Burneside Mill, Burneside
Burneside Mill, Burneside is an operational 1 MW solar farm in Westmorland and Furness, generating since 15 June 2021. Planning permission was granted on 30 April 2021, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Burenside Community Energy Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 3 February 2021 |
| Permission granted | 30 April 2021 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 15 June 2021 2 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
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.
Westmorland and Furness’s record on solar
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|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.3 | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.5 | 0.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.5 | 0.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | — | 5.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 6.5 | 8.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 9.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 12 | 12 km |
How big is Burneside Mill, Burneside?
Burneside Mill, Burneside has a recorded installed capacity of 1 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 Burneside Mill, Burneside?
REPD records the operator as Burenside Community Energy Limited. 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 Burneside Mill, Burneside approved and built?
The application was submitted on 3 February 2021. Permission was granted on 30 April 2021, 3 months later. The site became operational on 15 June 2021, 2 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 8440.
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