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Fox Covert Solar Farm
Fox Covert Solar Farm is an operational 22 MW solar farm in Buckinghamshire, generating since 12 October 2023. Planning permission was granted on 1 June 2021, 10 months after submission. Operator of record: Low Carbon.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 3 August 2020 |
| Permission granted | 1 June 2021 10 months after submission |
| Operational | 12 October 2023 28 months after consent |
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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.
Buckinghamshire’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | — | 0.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.2 | 6.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7 | 6.5 km |
Battery · Operational | 79.9 | 6.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9.2 | 7.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 8.6 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 22 | 8.6 km |
How big is Fox Covert Solar Farm?
Fox Covert Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 22 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 Fox Covert Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Low Carbon. 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 Fox Covert Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 3 August 2020. Permission was granted on 1 June 2021, 10 months later. The site became operational on 12 October 2023, 28 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 7958.
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