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Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array
Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array is a 49.99 MW solar farm under construction in Braintree. Planning permission was granted on 9 December 2024, 18 months after submission. Operator of record: British Solar Renewables.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 31 May 2023 |
| Permission granted | 9 December 2024 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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 20 | 2.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 24 | 5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 31.6 | 10.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.6 | 10.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.04 | 11.6 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 12.9 km |
How big is Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array?
Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array has a recorded installed capacity of 49.99 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 Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array?
REPD records the operator as British Solar Renewables. 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 Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array approved and built?
The application was submitted on 31 May 2023. Permission was granted on 9 December 2024, 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 11329.
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