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Hyde Farm
Hyde Farm is an operational 5 MW solar farm in Milton Keynes, generating since 16 March 2017. Planning permission was granted on 12 January 2016, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: Conergy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 August 2015 |
| Permission granted | 12 January 2016 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 16 March 2017 14 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 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.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9 | 4.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 4.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 14 | 5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 7.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.7 | 7.8 km |
Battery · Operational | 1 | 7.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14 | 8.9 km |
How big is Hyde Farm?
Hyde Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 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 Hyde Farm?
REPD records the operator as Conergy. 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 Hyde Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 August 2015. Permission was granted on 12 January 2016, 5 months later. The site became operational on 16 March 2017, 14 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 5685.
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