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Corner Copse Solar Farm
Corner Copse Solar Farm is a battery storage site under construction in Swindon. Planning permission was granted on 25 June 2020, 11 months after submission. Operator of record: BayWa r.e. UK Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 31 July 2019 |
| Permission granted | 25 June 2020 11 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.
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 battery storage
Swindon has decided 6 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 6.2 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Swindon →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.6 | 1 km |
Battery · Operational | — | 1.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 1.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9.3 | 2.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.91 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.7 | 3.3 km |
How big is Corner Copse Solar Farm?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Corner Copse Solar Farm.
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 31 July 2019. Permission was granted on 25 June 2020, 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 7520.
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