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Corner Copse Solar Farm
Corner Copse Solar Farm is under construction in Swindon with a recorded capacity of 49.9 MW.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2019-07-31 |
| Permission granted | 2020-06-25 11 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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.
Swindon’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Corner Copse Solar Farm Battery · Under Construction | — | 0 km |
Stanton solar park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 1 km |
Land at Beech Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.6 | 1 km |
B and Q Distribution Centre Highworth Road Battery · Operational | — | 1.7 km |
B&Q Swindon DC Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 1.7 km |
Sevor Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9.3 | 2.9 km |
Arkwright Road, Groundwell Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.91 | 3.2 km |
Roves Farm (Solar) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.7 | 3.3 km |
How big is Corner Copse Solar Farm?
Corner Copse Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 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 Corner Copse Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as BayWa r.e. UK 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 Corner Copse Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2019-07-31. Permission was granted on 2020-06-25, 11 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 7519.
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