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Pentlow Hill
Pentlow Hill is an operational 24 MW solar farm in Braintree, generating since 10 June 2024. Planning permission was granted on 23 April 2021, 9 months after submission. Operator of record: Nextpower SPV 11 Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 July 2020 |
| Permission granted | 23 April 2021 9 months after submission |
| Operational | 10 June 2024 38 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.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 20 | 3.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.99 | 5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 31.6 | 11.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.6 | 14.8 km |
How big is Pentlow Hill?
Pentlow Hill has a recorded installed capacity of 24 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 Pentlow Hill?
REPD records the operator as Nextpower SPV 11 Limited. 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 Pentlow Hill approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 July 2020. Permission was granted on 23 April 2021, 9 months later. The site became operational on 10 June 2024, 38 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 7666.
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