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Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre)
Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre) is an operational 2.5 MW solar farm in West Lancashire, generating since 16 April 2019. Planning permission was granted on 31 July 2018, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Lightsource BP.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 17 April 2018 |
| Permission granted | 31 July 2018 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 16 April 2019 9 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 1 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — West Lancashire
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.
West Lancashire’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 2 | 0 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 49.9 | 1.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.5 | 1.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.5 | 6.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.9 | 7.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.4 | 7.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.3 | 7.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1 | 8.6 km |
How big is Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre)?
Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre) has a recorded installed capacity of 2.5 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 Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre)?
REPD records the operator as Lightsource BP. 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 Lathom (Pilkington Technical Centre) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 17 April 2018. Permission was granted on 31 July 2018, 3 months later. The site became operational on 16 April 2019, 9 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 6513.
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