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Park Lane
Park Lane is an operational 1 MW solar farm in Lichfield, generating since 4 April 2016. Planning permission was granted on 24 November 2014, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: NESF (formerly Green Energy Networks).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 4 June 2014 |
| Permission granted | 24 November 2014 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 4 April 2016 16 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.
Lichfield’s record on solar
Lichfield has decided 9 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 5.1 months. See every solar farm decision in Lichfield →
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| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 0.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 8.6 km |
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 12.6 km |
Advanced Conversion Technologies · Under Construction | 15 | 12.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 13.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 14 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.5 | 14.7 km |
How big is Park Lane?
Park Lane has a recorded installed capacity of 1 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 Park Lane?
REPD records the operator as NESF (formerly Green Energy Networks). 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 Park Lane approved and built?
The application was submitted on 4 June 2014. Permission was granted on 24 November 2014, 6 months later. The site became operational on 4 April 2016, 16 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 1806.
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