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Tesco Lottbridge Drove
Tesco Lottbridge Drove is an operational 0.2 MW solar farm in Eastbourne, generating since 15 November 2019. Planning permission was granted on 29 April 2019, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Tesco Stores.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 8 March 2019 |
| Permission granted | 29 April 2019 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 15 November 2019 7 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban 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 |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.1 | 2.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.5 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.9 | 8.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 10 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.2 | 12 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.5 | 13 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4 | 14.5 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 18.3 | 14.8 km |
How big is Tesco Lottbridge Drove?
Tesco Lottbridge Drove has a recorded installed capacity of 0.2 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 Tesco Lottbridge Drove?
REPD records the operator as Tesco Stores. 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 Tesco Lottbridge Drove approved and built?
The application was submitted on 8 March 2019. Permission was granted on 29 April 2019, 2 months later. The site became operational on 15 November 2019, 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 7235.
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