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Salford Road
Salford Road is an operational 1.6 MW solar farm in Bolton, generating since 30 June 2016. REPD does not record the planning grant date. Operator of record: Aldi.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | not recorded |
| Permission granted | not recorded |
| Operational | 30 June 2016 |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
- Conservation area — Deansgate
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 |
|---|---|---|
EfW Incineration · Operational | 10.8 | 1.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.2 | 4.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 1.9 | 6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.5 | 7.6 km |
Battery · Operational | 30 | 7.8 km |
Battery · Operational | 20 | 8.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 5.3 | 9.9 km |
How big is Salford Road?
Salford Road has a recorded installed capacity of 1.6 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 Salford Road?
REPD records the operator as Aldi. 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 Salford Road approved and built?
REPD does not record a submission date. REPD does not record a grant date. The site became operational on 30 June 2016.
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 6162.
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