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Lee Moor China Clay Works
Lee Moor China Clay Works is an operational 9.5 MW solar farm in South Hams, generating since 15 December 2015. Planning permission was granted on 27 October 2014, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Wanageeska.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 6 August 2014 |
| Permission granted | 27 October 2014 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 15 December 2015 14 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14 | 4.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6.5 km |
Advanced Conversion Technologies · Operational | 3.9 | 7.1 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 1.5 | 7.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 10.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.9 | 10.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.7 | 11 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.8 | 11.2 km |
How big is Lee Moor China Clay Works?
Lee Moor China Clay Works has a recorded installed capacity of 9.5 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 Moor China Clay Works?
REPD records the operator as Wanageeska. 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 Moor China Clay Works approved and built?
The application was submitted on 6 August 2014. Permission was granted on 27 October 2014, 3 months later. The site became operational on 15 December 2015, 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 4839.
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