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Cleve Hill Solar Project
Cleve Hill Solar Project is an operational 373 MW solar farm in England, generating since 1 July 2025. Planning permission was granted on 29 January 2021, 26 months after submission. Operator of record: Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 16 November 2018 |
| Permission granted | 29 January 2021 26 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 July 2025 53 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.
The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 150 | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.3 | 2.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8 | 6.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8.8 | 7.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4.6 | 7.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 22 | 9.4 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 20 | 10.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11 | 10.2 km |
How big is Cleve Hill Solar Project?
Cleve Hill Solar Project has a recorded installed capacity of 373 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 Cleve Hill Solar Project?
REPD records the operator as Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. 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 Cleve Hill Solar Project approved and built?
The application was submitted on 16 November 2018. Permission was granted on 29 January 2021, 26 months later. The site became operational on 1 July 2025, 53 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 6502.
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