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Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage
Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage is a 30 MW battery storage site under construction in South Norfolk. Planning permission was granted on 30 June 2022, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 March 2022 |
| Permission granted | 30 June 2022 4 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.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Yare Broads and Marshes
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.
South Norfolk’s record on battery storage
South Norfolk has decided 12 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 4.6 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in South Norfolk →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 30 | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.1 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 3.6 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9 | 5.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14.8 | 6.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.2 | 6.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 7.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 5 | 7.4 km |
How big is Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage?
Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage has a recorded installed capacity of 30 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 Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage?
REPD records the operator as Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev 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 Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 March 2022. Permission was granted on 30 June 2022, 4 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 10945.
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