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Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park
Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park is a 49.99 MW solar farm under construction in East Riding of Yorkshire. Planning permission was granted on 28 November 2022, 10 months after submission. Operator of record: Statkraft Uk Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 26 January 2022 |
| Permission granted | 28 November 2022 10 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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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.
East Riding of Yorkshire’s record on solar
East Riding of Yorkshire has decided 57 solar farms and approved 100%, taking a median of 2.2 months. See every solar farm decision in East Riding of Yorkshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Under Construction | 200 | 0 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.9 | 8.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 12.5 | 12.4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 10 | 14.7 km |
How big is Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park?
Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park has a recorded installed capacity of 49.99 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 Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park?
REPD records the operator as Statkraft Uk Limited. 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 Soay Solar Farm and Greener Grid Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 26 January 2022. Permission was granted on 28 November 2022, 10 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 9014.
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