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Capel Grange Solar Park
Capel Grange Solar Park is an operational 6.6 MW solar farm in Tunbridge Wells, generating since 31 March 2016. Planning permission was granted on 10 April 2015, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: West Coast Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 12 December 2014 |
| Permission granted | 10 April 2015 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 31 March 2016 12 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Tunbridge Wells
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.
Tunbridge Wells’s record on solar
Tunbridge Wells has decided 20 solar farms and approved 80%, taking a median of 2.6 months. See every solar farm decision in Tunbridge Wells →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14.3 | 1.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9.2 | 3.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.5 | 5.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 6.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 10.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3 | 11.5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.5 | 12.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 10.2 | 12.5 km |
How big is Capel Grange Solar Park?
Capel Grange Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 6.6 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 Capel Grange Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as West Coast 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 Capel Grange Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 12 December 2014. Permission was granted on 10 April 2015, 4 months later. The site became operational on 31 March 2016, 12 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 4936.
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