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The National Cycling Centre Velodrome
The National Cycling Centre Velodrome is an operational 0.7 MW solar farm in Manchester, generating since 1 July 2023. Planning permission was granted on 30 October 2020, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Manchester City Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 September 2020 |
| Permission granted | 30 October 2020 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 July 2023 32 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 · Under Construction | 0.92 | 0.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 3.38 | 0.5 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 33.5 | 1.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.6 | 1.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.15 | 2 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 2.2 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 10 | 2.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.7 | 2.9 km |
How big is The National Cycling Centre Velodrome?
The National Cycling Centre Velodrome has a recorded installed capacity of 0.7 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 The National Cycling Centre Velodrome?
REPD records the operator as Manchester City Council. 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 The National Cycling Centre Velodrome approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 September 2020. Permission was granted on 30 October 2020, 2 months later. The site became operational on 1 July 2023, 32 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 8030.
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