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Rookwood Way - Solar Farm
Rookwood Way - Solar Farm is operational in West Suffolk with a recorded capacity of 2.04 MW, and has been generating since 2024-05-01.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2023-02-03 |
| Permission granted | 2023-06-29 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 2024-05-01 10 months after consent |
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 |
|---|---|---|
Broxted Solar Farm (Stradishall Airfield) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 31.6 | 8.3 km |
Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.99 | 11.6 km |
Claredown Farm Battery · Operational | 20 | 11.7 km |
Land west of Hawkspur Green (Hill Hall Solar) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 12.7 km |
Long Meadow Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 19 | 12.9 km |
Spriggs Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 13 km |
Wadlow Wind Farm Wind Onshore · Operational | 26 | 13.1 km |
Hyde Farm 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 2023-02-03. Permission was granted on 2023-06-29, 5 months later. The site became operational on 2024-05-01, 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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