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Lamp Hill Wimpole Estate
Lamp Hill Wimpole Estate is an operational 0.4 MW solar farm in South Cambridgeshire, generating since 4 February 2020. REPD does not record the planning grant date. Operator of record: National Trust.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 February 2019 |
| Permission granted | not recorded |
| Operational | 4 February 2020 |
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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.
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14.4 | 7.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.9 km |
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How big is Lamp Hill Wimpole Estate?
Lamp Hill Wimpole Estate has a recorded installed capacity of 0.4 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 Lamp Hill Wimpole Estate?
REPD records the operator as National Trust. 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 Lamp Hill Wimpole Estate approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 February 2019. REPD does not record a grant date. The site became operational on 4 February 2020.
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 7269.
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