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Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm
Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm is a 16.5 MW solar farm under construction in Lancaster. Planning permission was granted on 9 March 2022, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: BeBa Energy UK Limited / University of Lancaster.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 October 2021 |
| Permission granted | 9 March 2022 5 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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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.
Lancaster’s record on solar
Lancaster has decided 13 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 4.1 months. See every solar farm decision in Lancaster →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.2 | 1.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.2 | 1.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2 | 2.5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 4 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4 | 4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.5 | 4.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 5.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6 km |
How big is Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm?
Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 16.5 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 Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as BeBa Energy UK Limited / University of Lancaster. 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 Hazelrigg Lane, Scotforth - Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 October 2021. Permission was granted on 9 March 2022, 5 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 9372.
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