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Hadley Farm (Orta Membury Solar Farm)
Hadley Farm (Orta Membury Solar Farm) is operational in West Berkshire with a recorded capacity of 17 MW, and has been generating since 2015-03-26.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2014-02-21 |
| Permission granted | 2014-05-27 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 2015-03-26 10 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.
- National Landscape (AONB) — North Wessex Downs
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 Berkshire’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
RUDGE FARM SOLAR FARM Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7 | 7.3 km |
How big is Hadley Farm (Orta Membury Solar Farm)?
Hadley Farm (Orta Membury Solar Farm) has a recorded installed capacity of 17 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 Hadley Farm (Orta Membury Solar Farm)?
REPD records the operator as Foresight Solar. 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 Hadley Farm (Orta Membury Solar Farm) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2014-02-21. Permission was granted on 2014-05-27, 3 months later. The site became operational on 2015-03-26, 10 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 1920.
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