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Hook Valley Solar Park
Hook Valley Solar Park is operational in Somerset with a recorded capacity of 17 MW, and has been generating since 2014-03-31.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2012-11-21 |
| Permission granted | 2013-09-26 10 months after submission |
| Operational | 2014-03-31 6 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.
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.
Somerset’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Higher Hatherleigh Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.5 | 0.8 km |
Higher Hatherleigh Solar Farm extension Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.5 | 1.8 km |
Land at Sutor Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.4 km |
Clapton Farm Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6.2 km |
Manor Farm (Castle Cary) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 6.4 km |
Land at Bowden Lane Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.4 km |
Wyke Farms Biogas (Farm AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 7.7 km |
Manor Farm (Dorset) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 8.2 km |
How big is Hook Valley Solar Park?
Hook Valley Solar Park 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 Hook Valley Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as British Solar Renewables (formerly know as Solar Power Generation). 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 Hook Valley Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2012-11-21. Permission was granted on 2013-09-26, 10 months later. The site became operational on 2014-03-31, 6 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 2005.
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