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Mill Farm
Mill Farm is an operational 5 MW solar farm in East Hertfordshire, generating since 15 December 2016. Planning permission was granted on 20 July 2016, 8 months after submission. Operator of record: Push Energy/ NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 9 November 2015 |
| Permission granted | 20 July 2016 8 months after submission |
| Operational | 15 December 2016 5 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.
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|---|---|---|
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Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.9 | 10.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9.3 | 11.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 11.6 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.2 | 11.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 49 | 11.9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2.3 | 12.5 km |
How big is Mill Farm?
Mill Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 5 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 Mill Farm?
REPD records the operator as Push Energy/ NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF). 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 Mill Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 9 November 2015. Permission was granted on 20 July 2016, 8 months later. The site became operational on 15 December 2016, 5 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 5887.
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