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Long Meadow Solar Farm
Long Meadow Solar Farm is an operational 19 MW solar farm in Uttlesford, generating since 1 June 2025. Planning permission was granted on 21 April 2023, 27 months after submission. Operator of record: Low Carbon Solar Park 4 Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 21 January 2021 |
| Permission granted | 21 April 2023 27 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 June 2025 25 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 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.
Uttlesford’s record on solar
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 7.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 44 | 7.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.8 | 9.1 km |
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 9.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.04 | 12.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 14.3 | 13.4 km |
How big is Long Meadow Solar Farm?
Long Meadow Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 19 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 Long Meadow Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Low Carbon Solar Park 4 Limited. 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 Long Meadow Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 21 January 2021. Permission was granted on 21 April 2023, 27 months later. The site became operational on 1 June 2025, 25 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 8824.
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