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Derril Water Solar Farm - Solar Farm
Derril Water Solar Farm - Solar Farm is operational in Torridge with a recorded capacity of 42 MW, and has been generating since 2025-09-10.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2021-01-21 |
| Permission granted | 2021-11-10 10 months after submission |
| Operational | 2025-09-10 46 months after consent |
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.
Torridge’s record on solar
Torridge has decided 28 solar farms and approved 96%, taking a median of 3.6 months. See every solar farm decision in Torridge →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
CRINACOTT SOLAR FARM (Pyworthy) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.7 | 1.3 km |
Land West of Parsonage Wood Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.2 | 1.5 km |
Bradford Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.3 | 1.9 km |
Great Knowle Farm Solar Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3 | 3.4 km |
Pitworthy Farm Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 15.6 | 3.4 km |
Derriton Fields Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.8 | 3.9 km |
Northmoor Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5 km |
North Tamar Environ Project - Holsworthy (Farm AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.4 | 6.3 km |
How big is Derril Water Solar Farm - Solar Farm?
Derril Water Solar Farm - Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 42 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 Derril Water Solar Farm - Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Renewable Energy System Limited / Ripple Energy. 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 Derril Water Solar Farm - Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2021-01-21. Permission was granted on 2021-11-10, 10 months later. The site became operational on 2025-09-10, 46 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 8802.
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