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Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics
Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics is an operational 0.45 MW solar farm in Elmbridge, generating since 1 October 2025. Planning permission was granted on 25 August 2025, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Extra MSA Cobham Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 27 June 2025 |
| Permission granted | 25 August 2025 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 October 2025 1 months after consent |
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Elmbridge approves 100% of solar farms. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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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 — Elmbridge
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.
Elmbridge’s record on solar
Elmbridge has decided 8 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 1.8 months. See every solar farm decision in Elmbridge →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 6 | 9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.5 | 10.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.55 | 10.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 11.1 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.7 | 11.4 km |
Advanced Conversion Technologies · Under Construction | 3.6 | 11.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.3 | 11.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.3 | 13.9 km |
How big is Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics?
Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics has a recorded installed capacity of 0.45 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 Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics?
REPD records the operator as Extra MSA Cobham Limited. 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 Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics approved and built?
The application was submitted on 27 June 2025. Permission was granted on 25 August 2025, 2 months later. The site became operational on 1 October 2025, 1 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 19113.
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