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Folly Farm
Folly Farm is operational in Dacorum with a recorded capacity of 13.1 MW, and has been generating since 2015-03-31.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2014-08-13 |
| Permission granted | 2014-11-11 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 2015-03-31 5 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 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.
Dacorum’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Gib Lane Solar farm (Extension) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 1.4 km |
Arla Dairy Site Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 5 | 2.1 km |
Gib Lane (Aston Clinton solar park) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 24.2 | 3.2 km |
Long Meadow Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.1 | 6.3 km |
Great Seabrook Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6.4 km |
Quarrendon Fields Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 6.7 km |
Church Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.2 | 8.2 km |
Manor Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 12.9 km |
How big is Folly Farm?
Folly Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 13.1 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 Folly Farm?
REPD records the operator as Hive Energy. 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 Folly Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2014-08-13. Permission was granted on 2014-11-11, 3 months later. The site became operational on 2015-03-31, 5 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 2217.
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