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Burwell Solar Farm
Burwell Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm under construction in East Cambridgeshire. Planning permission was granted on 19 November 2020, 7 months after submission. Operator of record: EDF Energy Renewables.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 1 May 2020 |
| Permission granted | 19 November 2020 7 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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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.
East Cambridgeshire’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 50 | 1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 39.5 | 1.1 km |
Battery · Operational | 0.66 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 28 | 4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 29.4 | 4.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 29.9 | 4.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 5 km |
How big is Burwell Solar Farm?
Burwell 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 Burwell Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as EDF Energy Renewables. 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 Burwell Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 1 May 2020. Permission was granted on 19 November 2020, 7 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 7630.
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