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Ely Road Waste Management Park
Ely Road Waste Management Park is an operational 1.1 MW solar farm in South Cambridgeshire, generating since 1 January 2022. Planning permission was granted on 27 March 2020, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Alboro Developments.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 21 November 2019 |
| Permission granted | 27 March 2020 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 January 2022 21 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 · Operational | 6.3 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 24 | 4.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 19.3 | 4.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 4.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 6.6 km |
How big is Ely Road Waste Management Park?
Ely Road Waste Management Park has a recorded installed capacity of 1.1 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 Ely Road Waste Management Park?
REPD records the operator as Alboro Developments. 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 Ely Road Waste Management Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 21 November 2019. Permission was granted on 27 March 2020, 4 months later. The site became operational on 1 January 2022, 21 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 7604.
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