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Derwentside Environmental Testing Servs Limited - Solar pv panels
Derwentside Environmental Testing Servs Limited - Solar pv panels is an operational 0.38 MW solar farm in County Durham, generating since 19 August 2023. Planning permission was granted on 11 September 2024, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Olympus Power.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 20 May 2024 |
| Permission granted | 11 September 2024 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 19 August 2023 |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban 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.
County Durham’s record on solar
County Durham has decided 46 solar farms and approved 93%, taking a median of 2 months. See every solar farm decision in County Durham →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 5 | 1.9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 6 | 5.4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 12 | 5.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 6.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 7.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.6 | 10.4 km |
How big is Derwentside Environmental Testing Servs Limited - Solar pv panels?
Derwentside Environmental Testing Servs Limited - Solar pv panels has a recorded installed capacity of 0.38 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 Derwentside Environmental Testing Servs Limited - Solar pv panels?
REPD records the operator as Olympus Power. 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 Derwentside Environmental Testing Servs Limited - Solar pv panels approved and built?
The application was submitted on 20 May 2024. Permission was granted on 11 September 2024, 4 months later. The site became operational on 19 August 2023.
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 16426.
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