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HMP Wayland - Solar Panels
HMP Wayland - Solar Panels is an operational 0.34 MW solar farm in Breckland, generating since 21 January 2022. Planning permission was granted on 19 April 2022, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Ministry of Justice.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 3 March 2022 |
| Permission granted | 19 April 2022 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 21 January 2022 |
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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.
Breckland’s record on solar
Breckland has decided 27 solar farms and approved 93%, taking a median of 2.7 months. See every solar farm decision in Breckland →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.2 | 2.9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 9.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.4 | 9.9 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 44.2 | 10.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 10.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 11.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 14.4 | 12.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.2 | 12.7 km |
How big is HMP Wayland - Solar Panels?
HMP Wayland - Solar Panels has a recorded installed capacity of 0.34 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 HMP Wayland - Solar Panels?
REPD records the operator as Ministry of Justice. 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 HMP Wayland - Solar Panels approved and built?
The application was submitted on 3 March 2022. Permission was granted on 19 April 2022, 2 months later. The site became operational on 21 January 2022.
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 10780.
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