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The Old Airfield
The Old Airfield is operational in Broadland with a recorded capacity of 5 MW, and has been generating since 2015-03-31.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2013-12-03 |
| Permission granted | 2014-03-04 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 2015-03-31 13 months after consent |
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 — Yare Broads and Marshes
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 |
|---|---|---|
Weston Airfield Wind Turbines Wind Onshore · Operational | 3.6 | 0.9 km |
Woodforde Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9 | 1.2 km |
Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage Battery · Under Construction | 30 | 5.1 km |
Colton - Solar photovoltaic farm, Battery storage Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 30 | 5.1 km |
Attlebridge Landfill Site Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.3 | 5.1 km |
Spring Farm (biomass) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 6.2 km |
Reepham Road (Waste AD) Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.5 | 6.8 km |
Costessey Landfill Gas Project 2 Landfill Gas · Operational | 2 | 7.6 km |
How big is The Old Airfield?
The Old Airfield has a recorded installed capacity of 5 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 Old Airfield?
REPD records the operator as Lumicity. 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 Old Airfield approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2013-12-03. Permission was granted on 2014-03-04, 3 months later. The site became operational on 2015-03-31, 13 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 2072.
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