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Lower Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension)
Lower Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension) is an operational 8 MW solar farm in Wychavon, generating since 1 January 2021. Planning permission was granted on 23 October 2019, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: NextEnergy Capital LLP.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 25 July 2019 |
| Permission granted | 23 October 2019 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 January 2021 14 months after consent |
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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.
Wychavon’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 32 | 0.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 1.9 km |
EfW Incineration · Under Construction | 5 | 7.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.38 | 8.5 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.3 | 10.2 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.4 | 10.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 11.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9 | 11.8 km |
How big is Lower Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension)?
Lower Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension) has a recorded installed capacity of 8 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 Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension)?
REPD records the operator as NextEnergy Capital LLP. 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 Strensham, Bourne Road (Extension) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 25 July 2019. Permission was granted on 23 October 2019, 3 months later. The site became operational on 1 January 2021, 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 7423.
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