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Margate Solar Farm
Margate Solar Farm is operational in Cornwall with a recorded capacity of 3 MW, and has been generating since 2015-09-01.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2014-10-09 |
| Permission granted | 2014-12-22 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 2015-09-01 8 months after consent |
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.
Cornwall’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Newton Margate Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.5 | 0.4 km |
Bodmin 2 Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.3 | 3.1 km |
Lower Bodiniel Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.2 km |
Polmaugan Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 4.8 km |
Rew Farm Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.1 | 5.4 km |
Clann Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.4 | 6.4 km |
Tredinnick Fields Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.8 | 8 km |
Bodwen Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.5 | 8.5 km |
How big is Margate Solar Farm?
Margate Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 3 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 Margate Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Lanhydrock Estate Company. 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 Margate Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2014-10-09. Permission was granted on 2014-12-22, 2 months later. The site became operational on 2015-09-01, 8 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 4878.
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