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Litchardon Cross Solar Farm
Litchardon Cross Solar Farm is an operational 49.9 MW solar farm in North Devon. Planning permission was granted on 14 May 2021, 10 months after submission. Operator of record: Aura Power / Infinis Energy Services.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 24 July 2020 |
| Permission granted | 14 May 2021 10 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.
North Devon’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.5 | 1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.4 | 2.3 km |
Battery · Operational | 3.8 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2 | 3.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 32 | 4.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.7 | 4.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.53 | 6.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.75 | 6.2 km |
How big is Litchardon Cross Solar Farm?
Litchardon Cross Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 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 Litchardon Cross Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Aura Power / Infinis Energy Services. 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 Litchardon Cross Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 24 July 2020. Permission was granted on 14 May 2021, 10 months later. REPD does not record an operational date.
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 8101.
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