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Burtree Lane - Solar farm
Burtree Lane - Solar farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm under construction in Darlington. Planning permission was granted on 11 January 2023, 10 months after submission. Operator of record: Darlington Borough Council / Aura Power Solar.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 23 March 2022 |
| Permission granted | 11 January 2023 10 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/Ramsar
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.
Darlington’s record on solar
Darlington has decided 17 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 1.8 months. See every solar farm decision in Darlington →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.2 | 0.6 km |
Battery · Operational | 2.5 | 1.1 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 12 | 6.1 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2.8 | 7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 10.8 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.1 | 10.8 km |
How big is Burtree Lane - Solar farm?
Burtree Lane - Solar farm has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 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 Burtree Lane - Solar farm?
REPD records the operator as Darlington Borough Council / Aura Power Solar. 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 Burtree Lane - Solar farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 23 March 2022. Permission was granted on 11 January 2023, 10 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 8529.
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