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Forest Heath Solar Farm
Forest Heath Solar Farm is operational in West Suffolk with a recorded capacity of 5 MW, and has been generating since 2014-02-04.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2012-11-07 |
| Permission granted | 2013-01-02 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 2014-02-04 13 months after consent |
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.
West Suffolk’s record on solar
West Suffolk has decided 29 solar farms and approved 97%, taking a median of 2.9 months. See every solar farm decision in West Suffolk →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Breach Farm - Solar farm Battery · Operational | 0.66 | 3.2 km |
Breach Farm - Solar farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 3.2 km |
Exning Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 29.9 | 4.4 km |
Burwell - Battery Storage Battery · Operational | 50 | 5.1 km |
Goosehall Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 39.5 | 5.8 km |
Burwell Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 6 km |
Bracks Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 28 | 6.6 km |
North Angle Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 29.4 | 7.1 km |
How big is Forest Heath Solar Farm?
Forest Heath Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 5 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 Forest Heath Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Munich RE. 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 Forest Heath Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2012-11-07. Permission was granted on 2013-01-02, 2 months later. The site became operational on 2014-02-04, 13 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 1736.
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