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Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility
Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility is a 30 MW solar farm under construction in East Devon. Planning permission was granted on 30 November 2023, 18 months after submission. Operator of record: Low Carbon Alliance / Taiyo Power & Storage.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 19 May 2022 |
| Permission granted | 30 November 2023 18 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.
East Devon’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 0.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.8 | 1.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.5 | 4.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7 | 4.5 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 4.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 6.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49 | 8.2 km |
How big is Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility?
Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility has a recorded installed capacity of 30 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 Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility?
REPD records the operator as Low Carbon Alliance / Taiyo Power & Storage. 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 Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility approved and built?
The application was submitted on 19 May 2022. Permission was granted on 30 November 2023, 18 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 11366.
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