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Playters Solar Farm
Playters Solar Farm is operational in East Suffolk with a recorded capacity of 8.6 MW, and has been generating since 2016-02-26.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2014-04-02 |
| Permission granted | 2014-07-22 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 2016-02-26 19 months after consent |
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.
East Suffolk’s record on solar
East Suffolk has decided 33 solar farms and approved 97%, taking a median of 3 months. See every solar farm decision in East Suffolk →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Promens Solar Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.7 | 0.6 km |
Ellough Airfield (Ellough 2 extension) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 1.3 km |
Ellough Airfield (Resubmission) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13.2 | 1.4 km |
Priory Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.1 | 6 km |
Wind Farm Africa Alive Wind Onshore · Operational | 4.1 | 8.3 km |
Upper Holton Wind Farm Wind Onshore · Operational | 11.5 | 9 km |
Holton Airfield Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11 | 9.7 km |
Norwich Road Industrial Estate Battery · Under Construction | 50 | 10.7 km |
How big is Playters Solar Farm?
Playters Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 8.6 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 Playters Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Anesco. 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 Playters Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2014-04-02. Permission was granted on 2014-07-22, 4 months later. The site became operational on 2016-02-26, 19 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 1889.
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