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Crouch Solar Farm
Crouch Solar Farm is an operational 49.9 MW battery storage site in Brentwood, generating since 30 October 2024. Planning permission was granted on 23 December 2021, 8 months after submission. Operator of record: Low Carbon Storage.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 May 2021 |
| Permission granted | 23 December 2021 8 months after submission |
| Operational | 30 October 2024 34 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 — Brentwood
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.
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.2 | 2.2 km |
Battery · Operational | 28 | 2.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 3 km |
Battery · Operational | 10 | 5.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 6.2 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 6.2 km |
How big is Crouch Solar Farm?
Crouch 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 Crouch Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Low Carbon Storage. 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 Crouch Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 May 2021. Permission was granted on 23 December 2021, 8 months later. The site became operational on 30 October 2024, 34 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 8358.
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