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Elmsall Way Warehouse
Elmsall Way Warehouse is an operational 2.4 MW solar farm in Wakefield, generating since 9 July 2021. Planning permission was granted on 7 May 2020, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: Next Distribution.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 18 December 2019 |
| Permission granted | 7 May 2020 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 9 July 2021 14 months after consent |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 3 | 0.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.1 | 2.7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8 | 3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 6 | 4.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 2.5 | 6.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8 | 7.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.5 | 8.6 km |
How big is Elmsall Way Warehouse?
Elmsall Way Warehouse has a recorded installed capacity of 2.4 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 Elmsall Way Warehouse?
REPD records the operator as Next Distribution. 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 Elmsall Way Warehouse approved and built?
The application was submitted on 18 December 2019. Permission was granted on 7 May 2020, 5 months later. The site became operational on 9 July 2021, 14 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 7735.
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