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Rock Barracks Solar Farm
Rock Barracks Solar Farm is a 1.5 MW solar farm under construction in East Suffolk. Planning permission was granted on 17 December 2020, 9 months after submission. Operator of record: Public Power Solutions (PPS).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 16 March 2020 |
| Permission granted | 17 December 2020 9 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Non Agricultural agricultural land.
- National Landscape (AONB) — Suffolk Coast & Heaths
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 |
|---|---|---|
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 4.6 | 5.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 5.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.8 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.1 | 5.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8 | 8.8 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.2 | 9.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.6 | 11.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 17.5 | 12.2 km |
How big is Rock Barracks Solar Farm?
Rock Barracks Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 1.5 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 Rock Barracks Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Public Power Solutions (PPS). 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 Rock Barracks Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 16 March 2020. Permission was granted on 17 December 2020, 9 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 7714.
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