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Cranham Golf Course Solar Park
Cranham Golf Course Solar Park is an operational 2.6 MW solar farm in Havering, generating since 21 December 2016. Planning permission was granted on 13 August 2015, 14 months after submission. Operator of record: Cranham Golf Course.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 27 June 2014 |
| Permission granted | 13 August 2015 14 months after submission |
| Operational | 21 December 2016 16 months after consent |
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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 — Havering
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.
Havering’s record on solar
Havering has decided 10 solar farms and approved 80%, taking a median of 2.8 months. See every solar farm decision in Havering →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 49.5 | 1.1 km |
Battery · Operational | 49.5 | 1.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 3.4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1 | 4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 38 | 4.4 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 8.5 | 4.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 4.5 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 4.5 km |
How big is Cranham Golf Course Solar Park?
Cranham Golf Course Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 2.6 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 Cranham Golf Course Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as Cranham Golf Course. 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 Cranham Golf Course Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 27 June 2014. Permission was granted on 13 August 2015, 14 months later. The site became operational on 21 December 2016, 16 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 2117.
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