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Lower Pennington Farm
Lower Pennington Farm is an operational 2.7 MW solar farm in New Forest, generating since 27 June 2014. Planning permission was granted on 2 December 2013, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: West Solent Solar Cooperative.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 6 September 2013 |
| Permission granted | 2 December 2013 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 27 June 2014 7 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — New Forest
- 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.
New Forest’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.2 | 0.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7 | 7.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.8 | 8.4 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 1.5 | 8.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.7 | 9.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.7 | 9.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.5 | 10.4 km |
How big is Lower Pennington Farm?
Lower Pennington Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 2.7 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 Lower Pennington Farm?
REPD records the operator as West Solent Solar Cooperative. 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 Lower Pennington Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 6 September 2013. Permission was granted on 2 December 2013, 3 months later. The site became operational on 27 June 2014, 7 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 1907.
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