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Syston Road - Solar Farm
Syston Road - Solar Farm is a 26 MW solar farm under construction in Charnwood. Planning permission was granted on 12 August 2022, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: Barber Farm Partnership.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 8 February 2022 |
| Permission granted | 12 August 2022 6 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
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 |
|---|---|---|
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.5 | 2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.9 | 2.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.6 | 4.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 1.7 | 5.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 3.25 | 6.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.2 | 6.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.7 | 9.1 km |
How big is Syston Road - Solar Farm?
Syston Road - Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 26 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 Syston Road - Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Barber Farm Partnership. 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 Syston Road - Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 8 February 2022. Permission was granted on 12 August 2022, 6 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 8336.
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