Renewable sites › Lee Farm
Lee Farm
Lee Farm is operational in Isle of Wight with a recorded capacity of 5 MW, and has been generating since 2012-07-31.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2011-02-07 |
| Permission granted | 2011-04-14 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 2012-07-31 16 months after consent |
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 — Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
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.
Isle of Wight’s record on solar
Isle of Wight has decided 16 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 2.7 months. See every solar farm decision in Isle of Wight →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Homestead Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.7 | 0.5 km |
Stables Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.5 | 2 km |
Wilmingham Lane Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7 | 2.6 km |
Durrants Farm Solar Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.5 | 6.2 km |
Standen Heath Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.5 | 6.3 km |
Isle of Wight Waste Recovery Park Advanced Conversion Technologies · Under Construction | 3.3 | 8.3 km |
Lower Pennington Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.7 | 9 km |
Pennington Recycling Centre Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.2 | 9.6 km |
How big is Lee Farm?
Lee Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 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 Lee Farm?
REPD records the operator as Vogt Solar. 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 Lee Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2011-02-07. Permission was granted on 2011-04-14, 2 months later. The site became operational on 2012-07-31, 16 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 1558.
Novarly Parcel · official public data, read properly · parcel.novarly.com