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Croome Airfield Solar Farm
Croome Airfield Solar Farm is an operational 49.9 MW solar farm in Wychavon, generating since 1 February 2023. Planning permission was granted on 10 July 2020, 7 months after submission. Operator of record: Croome Airfield Solar.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 December 2019 |
| Permission granted | 10 July 2020 7 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 February 2023 31 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 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.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8 | 1.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 32 | 2.2 km |
EfW Incineration · Under Construction | 5 | 6.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.3 | 8.5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.4 | 9.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 10.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.38 | 10.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9 | 11 km |
How big is Croome Airfield Solar Farm?
Croome Airfield Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 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 Croome Airfield Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Croome Airfield Solar. 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 Croome Airfield Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 December 2019. Permission was granted on 10 July 2020, 7 months later. The site became operational on 1 February 2023, 31 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 7840.
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