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Kingshill Solar Farm
Kingshill Solar Farm is an operational 3 MW solar farm in Tonbridge and Malling, generating since 16 July 2024. Planning permission was granted on 29 December 2021, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Kent County Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 24 September 2021 |
| Permission granted | 29 December 2021 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 16 July 2024 31 months after consent |
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Tonbridge and Malling approves 88% of solar farms. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Non Agricultural agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Tonbridge and Malling
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.
Tonbridge and Malling’s record on solar
Tonbridge and Malling has decided 8 solar farms and approved 88%, taking a median of 1.8 months. See every solar farm decision in Tonbridge and Malling →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 10.2 | 1.8 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.2 | 2.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.7 | 4 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.5 | 6.2 km |
Battery · Operational | 29 | 6.4 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 51 | 7.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.5 | 8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14.3 | 10.8 km |
How big is Kingshill Solar Farm?
Kingshill Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 3 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 Kingshill Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Kent County Council. 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 Kingshill Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 24 September 2021. Permission was granted on 29 December 2021, 3 months later. The site became operational on 16 July 2024, 31 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 9749.
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