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Land at Wrigley Head
Land at Wrigley Head is a 0.9 MW solar farm under construction in Oldham. Planning permission was granted on 17 December 2021, 21 months after submission. Operator of record: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 5 March 2020 |
| Permission granted | 17 December 2021 21 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban 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 |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Under Construction | 20 | 1.8 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 57 | 1.9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 2.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.15 | 3.5 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 10 | 3.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.92 | 4.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.7 | 4.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 3.38 | 4.6 km |
How big is Land at Wrigley Head?
Land at Wrigley Head has a recorded installed capacity of 0.9 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 Wrigley Head?
REPD records the operator as Oldham Metropolitan Borough 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 Land at Wrigley Head approved and built?
The application was submitted on 5 March 2020. Permission was granted on 17 December 2021, 21 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 7741.
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