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Tesco Superstore Bicester
Tesco Superstore Bicester is a 0.6 MW solar farm under construction in Cherwell. Planning permission was granted on 16 May 2019, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Batchelor Electrical.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 12 March 2019 |
| Permission granted | 16 May 2019 2 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 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 | 12.5 | 3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.3 | 3.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8 | 4.5 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 4.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 19 | 4.9 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 24 | 5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.8 | 6.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13 | 6.9 km |
How big is Tesco Superstore Bicester?
Tesco Superstore Bicester has a recorded installed capacity of 0.6 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 Superstore Bicester?
REPD records the operator as Batchelor Electrical. 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 Superstore Bicester approved and built?
The application was submitted on 12 March 2019. Permission was granted on 16 May 2019, 2 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 7410.
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