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Eckland Lodge Farm
Eckland Lodge Farm is an operational 2.9 MW solar farm in North Northamptonshire, generating since 23 December 2016. Planning permission was granted on 29 July 2015, 9 months after submission. Operator of record: Stuart Howes & Son Ltd.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 22 October 2014 |
| Permission granted | 29 July 2015 9 months after submission |
| Operational | 23 December 2016 17 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.
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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| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 20.5 | 3.2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 14.4 | 6 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.5 | 7.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 8.4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 12.5 | 10.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.63 | 12.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 4 | 12.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4 | 14 km |
How big is Eckland Lodge Farm?
Eckland Lodge Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 2.9 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 Eckland Lodge Farm?
REPD records the operator as Stuart Howes & Son Ltd. 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 Eckland Lodge Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 22 October 2014. Permission was granted on 29 July 2015, 9 months later. The site became operational on 23 December 2016, 17 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 4705.
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