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Chelwood Solar Farm
Chelwood Solar Farm is an operational 5 MW solar farm in Bath and North East Somerset, generating since 10 December 2015. Planning permission was granted on 12 September 2014, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Mongoose Energy Coop.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 19 May 2014 |
| Permission granted | 12 September 2014 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 10 December 2015 15 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.
- Green Belt — Bath and North East Somerset
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.
Bath and North East Somerset’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.3 | 0.9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Under Construction | 2.2 | 4.8 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 6 | 6.5 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 6 | 7.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.5 | 7.7 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Under Construction | 1 | 8.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7 | 11.1 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2 | 11.5 km |
How big is Chelwood Solar Farm?
Chelwood Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 5 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 Chelwood Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Mongoose Energy Coop. 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 Chelwood Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 19 May 2014. Permission was granted on 12 September 2014, 4 months later. The site became operational on 10 December 2015, 15 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 2298.
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