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Harborough Road Store
Harborough Road Store is an operational 0.2 MW solar farm in Oadby and Wigston, generating since 1 January 2022. Planning permission was granted on 16 April 2020, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Lidl UK.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 20 December 2019 |
| Permission granted | 16 April 2020 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 January 2022 21 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban 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.
Oadby and Wigston’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | — | 5.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.5 | 5.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.1 | 6.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.2 | 7 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.9 | 8.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 1.5 | 8.8 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.9 | 8.8 km |
Battery · Operational | 57 | 9.2 km |
How big is Harborough Road Store?
Harborough Road Store has a recorded installed capacity of 0.2 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 Harborough Road Store?
REPD records the operator as Lidl UK. 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 Harborough Road Store approved and built?
The application was submitted on 20 December 2019. Permission was granted on 16 April 2020, 4 months later. The site became operational on 1 January 2022, 21 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 7819.
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