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Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant
Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant is a 2.5 MW solar farm under construction in Doncaster. Planning permission was granted on 11 May 2023, 8 months after submission. Operator of record: CF Estates (Yorkshire) Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 13 September 2022 |
| Permission granted | 11 May 2023 8 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.
Doncaster’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.1 | 4.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 4.5 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8 | 5.2 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 5.6 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 3 | 5.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.4 | 6.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8 | 6.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 3 | 6.9 km |
How big is Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant?
Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant has a recorded installed capacity of 2.5 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 Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant?
REPD records the operator as CF Estates (Yorkshire) 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 Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant approved and built?
The application was submitted on 13 September 2022. Permission was granted on 11 May 2023, 8 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 12507.
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