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Rookwood Way - Solar Farm
Rookwood Way - Solar Farm is an operational 2.04 MW solar farm in West Suffolk, generating since 1 May 2024. Planning permission was granted on 29 June 2023, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: Sanofi UK.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 3 February 2023 |
| Permission granted | 29 June 2023 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 May 2024 10 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
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.
West Suffolk’s record on solar
West Suffolk has decided 29 solar farms and approved 97%, taking a median of 2.9 months. See every solar farm decision in West Suffolk →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 31.6 | 8.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.99 | 11.6 km |
Battery · Operational | 20 | 11.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 12.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 19 | 12.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 13 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 26 | 13.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.8 | 13.5 km |
How big is Rookwood Way - Solar Farm?
Rookwood Way - Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 2.04 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 Rookwood Way - Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Sanofi UK. 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 Rookwood Way - Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 3 February 2023. Permission was granted on 29 June 2023, 5 months later. The site became operational on 1 May 2024, 10 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 12682.
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