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Walpole Bank
Walpole Bank is a 40 MW solar farm under construction in King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Planning permission was granted on 15 January 2021, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: DIF Capital Partners / Green Investment Group.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 25 September 2020 |
| Permission granted | 15 January 2021 4 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 1 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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How big is Walpole Bank?
Walpole Bank has a recorded installed capacity of 40 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 Walpole Bank?
REPD records the operator as DIF Capital Partners / Green Investment Group. 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 Walpole Bank approved and built?
The application was submitted on 25 September 2020. Permission was granted on 15 January 2021, 4 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 9524.
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