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North Creake Airfield
North Creake Airfield is an operational 20 MW solar farm in North Norfolk, generating since 27 March 2014. Planning permission was granted on 21 March 2013, 1 months after submission. Operator of record: British Solar Renewables (formerly known as Solar Power Generation).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 11 February 2013 |
| Permission granted | 21 March 2013 1 months after submission |
| Operational | 27 March 2014 12 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.
North Norfolk’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 26 | 6.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.7 | 7.4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 13.8 | 9.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8.2 | 10.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 14.1 km |
How big is North Creake Airfield?
North Creake Airfield has a recorded installed capacity of 20 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 North Creake Airfield?
REPD records the operator as British Solar Renewables (formerly known as Solar Power Generation). 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 North Creake Airfield approved and built?
The application was submitted on 11 February 2013. Permission was granted on 21 March 2013, 1 months later. The site became operational on 27 March 2014, 12 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 2046.
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