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Larport, Clay Hill Pit - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery storage
Larport, Clay Hill Pit - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery storage is an operational 45 MW solar farm in Herefordshire, County of, generating since 1 July 2024. Planning permission was granted on 27 May 2022, 7 months after submission. Operator of record: Conrad Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 25 October 2021 |
| Permission granted | 27 May 2022 7 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 July 2024 25 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.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — River Wye SAC (River Lugg SSSI)
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.
Herefordshire, County of’s record on solar
Herefordshire, County of has decided 25 solar farms and approved 80%, taking a median of 3 months. See every solar farm decision in Herefordshire, County of →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | — | 0 km |
Battery · Operational | 20 | 0.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 45 | 1.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 9.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 9.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 10.6 km |
How big is Larport, Clay Hill Pit - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery storage?
Larport, Clay Hill Pit - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery storage has a recorded installed capacity of 45 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 Larport, Clay Hill Pit - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery storage?
REPD records the operator as Conrad Energy. 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 Larport, Clay Hill Pit - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 25 October 2021. Permission was granted on 27 May 2022, 7 months later. The site became operational on 1 July 2024, 25 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 9962.
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