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Cottingham - Solar Farm
Cottingham - Solar Farm is an operational 5 MW solar farm in East Riding of Yorkshire, generating since 1 February 2022. Planning permission was granted on 14 March 2022, 9 months after submission. Operator of record: Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 8 June 2021 |
| Permission granted | 14 March 2022 9 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 February 2022 |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
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.
East Riding of Yorkshire’s record on solar
East Riding of Yorkshire has decided 57 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 2.2 months. See every solar farm decision in East Riding of Yorkshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 49.9 | 3.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 49.5 | 4.1 km |
Battery · Operational | 49.5 | 4.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | — | 6.9 km |
Advanced Conversion Technologies · Operational | 25 | 8 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 3 | 8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 3 | 8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 5 | 8.1 km |
How big is Cottingham - Solar Farm?
Cottingham - Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 5 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 Cottingham - Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. 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 Cottingham - Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 8 June 2021. Permission was granted on 14 March 2022, 9 months later. The site became operational on 1 February 2022.
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 9179.
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