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Kingshill Solar Farm
Kingshill Solar Farm is operational in Tonbridge and Malling with a recorded capacity of 3 MW, and has been generating since 2024-07-16.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2021-09-24 |
| Permission granted | 2021-12-29 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 2024-07-16 31 months after consent |
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 |
|---|---|---|
Offham Landfill Site - Solar PV Array Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 10.2 | 1.8 km |
Offham Landfill Site Phase II Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.2 | 2.3 km |
Land off Ford Lane Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.7 | 4 km |
Stangate Landfill Site Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.5 | 6.2 km |
Aylesford BESS Battery · Operational | 29 | 6.4 km |
Allington EFW EfW Incineration · Operational | 51 | 7.3 km |
BIOSSENCE SOLAR PARK Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.5 | 8 km |
Hadlow Place solar farm 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 2021-09-24. Permission was granted on 2021-12-29, 3 months later. The site became operational on 2024-07-16, 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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