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Rookery Business Park
Rookery Business Park is an operational 5 MW solar farm in South Norfolk, generating since 11 February 2016. Planning permission was granted on 3 September 2015, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Solar Century/ Bluefield Solar.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 29 May 2015 |
| Permission granted | 3 September 2015 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 11 February 2016 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 30 | 5 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 5.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.2 | 7.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 14.8 | 7.9 km |
Battery · Operational | 0.1 | 8.3 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 44.2 | 9.8 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 10.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 28.5 | 10.3 km |
How big is Rookery Business Park?
Rookery Business Park has a recorded installed capacity of 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 Rookery Business Park?
REPD records the operator as Solar Century/ Bluefield Solar. 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 Rookery Business Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 29 May 2015. Permission was granted on 3 September 2015, 3 months later. The site became operational on 11 February 2016, 5 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 5296.
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