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Oriel High School
Oriel High School is an operational 0.19 MW solar farm in Crawley, generating since 10 November 2021. Planning permission was granted on 4 March 2021, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: West Sussex County Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 11 January 2021 |
| Permission granted | 4 March 2021 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 10 November 2021 8 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 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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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.1 | 3.5 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 7.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 5.1 | 11.8 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 4.5 | 11.8 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 12.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 12.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 13.5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 13.7 km |
How big is Oriel High School?
Oriel High School has a recorded installed capacity of 0.19 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 Oriel High School?
REPD records the operator as West Sussex County Council. 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 Oriel High School approved and built?
The application was submitted on 11 January 2021. Permission was granted on 4 March 2021, 2 months later. The site became operational on 10 November 2021, 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 8405.
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