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Grimsby Solar Farm
Grimsby Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm under construction in North East Lincolnshire. Planning permission was granted on 25 November 2022, 14 months after submission. Operator of record: Aura Power.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 October 2021 |
| Permission granted | 25 November 2022 14 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.
North East Lincolnshire’s record on solar
North East Lincolnshire has decided 27 solar farms and approved 96%, taking a median of 2.7 months. See every solar farm decision in North East Lincolnshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.08 | 3.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 20 | 4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 27.1 | 4.3 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 3.2 | 4.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.12 | 5.1 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 80 | 5.2 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 6 km |
How big is Grimsby Solar Farm?
Grimsby Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 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 Grimsby Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Aura Power. 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 Grimsby Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 October 2021. Permission was granted on 25 November 2022, 14 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 7889.
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