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Stob House Farm
Stob House Farm is an operational 4.9 MW solar farm in Hartlepool, generating since 1 September 2016. Planning permission was granted on 22 January 2016, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Anesco.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 September 2015 |
| Permission granted | 22 January 2016 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 September 2016 7 months after consent |
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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.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/Ramsar
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.
Hartlepool’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 1.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 12.5 | 2.2 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 10 | 4.7 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 19.2 | 4.7 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 21 | 4.7 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 20.1 | 4.9 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 12 | 4.9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 5.1 | 6 km |
How big is Stob House Farm?
Stob House Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 4.9 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 Stob House Farm?
REPD records the operator as Anesco. 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 Stob House Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 September 2015. Permission was granted on 22 January 2016, 4 months later. The site became operational on 1 September 2016, 7 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 5664.
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