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New Road Solar Farm
New Road Solar Farm is under construction in South Norfolk with a recorded capacity of 5 MW.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2015-07-23 |
| Permission granted | 2015-11-02 3 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Yare Broads and Marshes
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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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Costessey Landfill Gas Project 2 Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 1.5 km |
Briar Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.9 | 4.2 km |
Reepham Road (Waste AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.5 | 7 km |
Attlebridge Landfill Site Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.3 | 7 km |
Spring Farm (biomass) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 7 km |
Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage Battery · Under Construction | 30 | 7.4 km |
Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 30 | 7.4 km |
Land East of White Horse Lane Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 8.2 km |
How big is New Road Solar Farm?
New Road Solar 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 New Road Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Solar Century/ Bluefield Solar. 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 New Road Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2015-07-23. Permission was granted on 2015-11-02, 3 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 5543.
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