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Frying Down Copse Solar Farm
Frying Down Copse Solar Farm is operational in Basingstoke and Deane with a recorded capacity of 5 MW, and has been generating since 2012-04-16.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2011-02-02 |
| Permission granted | 2011-05-13 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 2012-04-16 11 months after consent |
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.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — River Itchen SAC
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.
Basingstoke and Deane’s record on solar
Basingstoke and Deane has decided 21 solar farms and approved 86%, taking a median of 3.4 months. See every solar farm decision in Basingstoke and Deane →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Green Waste Composting Facility (Waste AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.2 | 0.4 km |
Bushywarren Lane, Ellisfield - Anaerobic Digestor Plant Anaerobic Digestion · Under Construction | — | 0.7 km |
Carousel Dairy AD Plant (Farm AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.5 | 4.2 km |
Upper Farm solar park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 5.1 km |
Chineham ERF EfW Incineration · Operational | 8 | 8.9 km |
Basingstoke Sewage Treatment Works Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.2 | 9 km |
Alton Sport Centre - Solar Panels Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.37 | 10.1 km |
Hill End Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.8 | 11.2 km |
How big is Frying Down Copse Solar Farm?
Frying Down Copse 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 Frying Down Copse Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Private Developer. 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 Frying Down Copse Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2011-02-02. Permission was granted on 2011-05-13, 3 months later. The site became operational on 2012-04-16, 11 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 1342.
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