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Southfield Farm Solar Park
Southfield Farm Solar Park is operational in Somerset with a recorded capacity of 11.5 MW, and has been generating since 2016-03-31.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2014-01-20 |
| Permission granted | 2015-07-09 18 months after submission |
| Operational | 2016-03-31 9 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Parrett Catchment
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.
Somerset’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Chilton Cantelo Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 2.2 km |
Sutton Montis Road Solar Park / Sutton Bridge Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.4 | 3.1 km |
Tout Lane, Charlton Adam - Solar Photovoltaic System Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.3 | 5.6 km |
Manor Farm (Keinton Mandeville) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 6.6 km |
Dimmer Landfill Site Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.9 | 7.8 km |
Dimmer Landfill Gas Scheme Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.3 | 7.9 km |
Bearley Lane Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.3 | 8 km |
Dimmer Anaerobic Digestor (Waste AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 3 | 8.2 km |
How big is Southfield Farm Solar Park?
Southfield Farm Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 11.5 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 Southfield Farm Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as British Solar Renewables. 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 Southfield Farm Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2014-01-20. Permission was granted on 2015-07-09, 18 months later. The site became operational on 2016-03-31, 9 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 2060.
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