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Limebar Lane - Energy Distribution Centre
Limebar Lane - Energy Distribution Centre is a solar farm under construction in North Yorkshire. Planning permission was granted on 30 August 2022, 19 months after submission. Operator of record: Northern Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 21 January 2021 |
| Permission granted | 30 August 2022 19 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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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.
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|---|---|---|
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.1 | 3 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 27 | 3 km |
Battery · Operational | 33 | 9.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 13.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 34.7 | 14 km |
Battery · Operational | 27 | 14 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 14.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 14.7 km |
How big is Limebar Lane - Energy Distribution Centre?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Limebar Lane - Energy Distribution Centre.
Who operates Limebar Lane - Energy Distribution Centre?
REPD records the operator as Northern 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 Limebar Lane - Energy Distribution Centre approved and built?
The application was submitted on 21 January 2021. Permission was granted on 30 August 2022, 19 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 8827.
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