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Scottow Moor - RAF Coltishall Solar Farm (Phase 2)
Scottow Moor - RAF Coltishall Solar Farm (Phase 2) is an operational 17.9 MW solar farm in North Norfolk, generating since 29 March 2016. Planning permission was granted on 23 December 2014, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Greencoat Capital.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 9 October 2014 |
| Permission granted | 23 December 2014 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 29 March 2016 15 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Non Agricultural agricultural land.
- Conservation area — RAF Coltishall (Badersfield, Scottow)
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Bure Broads and Marshes
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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How big is Scottow Moor - RAF Coltishall Solar Farm (Phase 2)?
Scottow Moor - RAF Coltishall Solar Farm (Phase 2) has a recorded installed capacity of 17.9 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 Scottow Moor - RAF Coltishall Solar Farm (Phase 2)?
REPD records the operator as Greencoat Capital. 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 Scottow Moor - RAF Coltishall Solar Farm (Phase 2) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 9 October 2014. Permission was granted on 23 December 2014, 2 months later. The site became operational on 29 March 2016, 15 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 5199.
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