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Landmead Farm (East Hanney)
Landmead Farm (East Hanney) is an operational 46 MW solar farm in Vale of White Horse, generating since 19 December 2014. Planning permission was granted on 29 October 2013, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: First Solar/Innogy (previously BELECTRIC Solar)/Foresight Solar Fund.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 22 July 2013 |
| Permission granted | 29 October 2013 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 19 December 2014 14 months after consent |
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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.
Vale of White Horse’s record on solar
Vale of White Horse has decided 23 solar farms and approved 91%, taking a median of 3 months. See every solar farm decision in Vale of White Horse →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 1.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.5 | 1.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7 | 2.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14.8 | 3.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 29 | 4.7 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 5.6 | 7.5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 6 | 8.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | — | 9.1 km |
How big is Landmead Farm (East Hanney)?
Landmead Farm (East Hanney) has a recorded installed capacity of 46 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 Landmead Farm (East Hanney)?
REPD records the operator as First Solar/Innogy (previously BELECTRIC Solar)/Foresight Solar Fund. 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 Landmead Farm (East Hanney) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 22 July 2013. Permission was granted on 29 October 2013, 3 months later. The site became operational on 19 December 2014, 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 2030.
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