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West Venn Solar Farm
West Venn Solar Farm is operational in Torridge with a recorded capacity of 5 MW, and has been generating since 2017-03-13.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2015-06-03 |
| Permission granted | 2015-10-01 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 2017-03-13 17 months after consent |
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.
Torridge’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Whiddon Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 1.6 km |
Nethercott Farm Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 2.8 km |
EASTACOMBE SOLAR FARM Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.6 | 3.3 km |
Foxcombe Farm Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.4 km |
Dunsland Cross Wind Farm Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.5 | 6.6 km |
Derriton Fields Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.8 | 7.2 km |
Great Knowle Farm Solar Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3 | 7.8 km |
Land West of Parsonage Wood Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.2 | 8.1 km |
How big is West Venn Solar Farm?
West Venn Solar Farm 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 West Venn Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Solar Securities 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 West Venn Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2015-06-03. Permission was granted on 2015-10-01, 4 months later. The site became operational on 2017-03-13, 17 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 5547.
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