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Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays
Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays is a 25.6 MW solar farm under construction in Basildon. Planning permission was granted on 30 August 2023, 18 months after submission. Operator of record: Boom Power Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 1 March 2022 |
| Permission granted | 30 August 2023 18 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.
- Green Belt — Basildon
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.
Basildon’s record on solar
Basildon has decided 12 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 3.7 months. See every solar farm decision in Basildon →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 2 km |
Battery · Operational | 5 | 2.6 km |
Battery · Operational | 10 | 2.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.2 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.4 | 5.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 6.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 49.9 | 6.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 99.98 | 6.9 km |
How big is Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays?
Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays has a recorded installed capacity of 25.6 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 Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays?
REPD records the operator as Boom Power 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 Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays approved and built?
The application was submitted on 1 March 2022. Permission was granted on 30 August 2023, 18 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 10778.
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