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Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm
Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm is a 9.89 MW solar farm under construction in Uttlesford. Planning permission was granted on 4 July 2024, 10 months after submission. Operator of record: Dunmow Solar Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 12 September 2023 |
| Permission granted | 4 July 2024 10 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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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.
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.
Uttlesford’s record on solar
Uttlesford has decided 18 solar farms and approved 89%, taking a median of 3.2 months. See every solar farm decision in Uttlesford →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.3 | 2.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 14.3 | 8.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6 | 8.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.17 | 8.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.5 | 9.7 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 10 | 10.1 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 10.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.8 | 10.6 km |
How big is Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm?
Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 9.89 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 Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Dunmow Solar Limited. 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 Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 12 September 2023. Permission was granted on 4 July 2024, 10 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 14930.
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