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Tye Lane - Solar Farm
Tye Lane - Solar Farm is a 49.9 MW solar farm under construction in Mid Suffolk. Planning permission was granted on 18 December 2023, 27 months after submission. Operator of record: EDF Energy Renewables.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2 September 2021 |
| Permission granted | 18 December 2023 27 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.
Mid Suffolk’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | — | 0 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 100 | 1.4 km |
Battery · Operational | 57 | 1.5 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 20 | 2.7 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 5.5 | 2.8 km |
Battery · Operational | — | 6.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.8 | 8.2 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 2.6 | 8.8 km |
How big is Tye Lane - Solar Farm?
Tye Lane - Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 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 Tye Lane - Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as EDF Energy Renewables. 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 Tye Lane - Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2 September 2021. Permission was granted on 18 December 2023, 27 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 9610.
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