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Land at Heywood Grange
Land at Heywood Grange is an operational 8.4 MW solar farm in Staffordshire Moorlands, generating since 19 October 2016. Planning permission was granted on 3 September 2015, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: Sovereign Partners.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 18 February 2015 |
| Permission granted | 3 September 2015 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 19 October 2016 14 months after consent |
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Staffordshire Moorlands approves 92% 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 Grade 4 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Staffordshire Moorlands
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.
Staffordshire Moorlands’s record on solar
Staffordshire Moorlands has decided 12 solar farms and approved 92%, taking a median of 5.9 months. See every solar farm decision in Staffordshire Moorlands →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.5 | 6.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 7.8 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 14.2 | 8.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 8.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 20 | 12.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.4 | 13.3 km |
Battery · Operational | — | 13.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 13.9 km |
How big is Land at Heywood Grange?
Land at Heywood Grange has a recorded installed capacity of 8.4 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 Land at Heywood Grange?
REPD records the operator as Sovereign Partners. 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 Land at Heywood Grange approved and built?
The application was submitted on 18 February 2015. Permission was granted on 3 September 2015, 6 months later. The site became operational on 19 October 2016, 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 5015.
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