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Westcott Venture Park Phase 2 & 3
Westcott Venture Park Phase 2 & 3 is an operational 1.3 MW solar farm in Buckinghamshire, generating since 1 September 2012. Planning permission was granted on 9 June 2011, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 9 February 2011 |
| Permission granted | 9 June 2011 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 September 2012 15 months after consent |
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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.
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| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 1.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 11.2 | 6.6 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 22 | 8.2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 8.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.3 | 11 km |
Battery · Operational | 13.3 | 11.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 11.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 19 | 11.8 km |
How big is Westcott Venture Park Phase 2 & 3?
Westcott Venture Park Phase 2 & 3 has a recorded installed capacity of 1.3 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 Westcott Venture Park Phase 2 & 3?
REPD records the operator as Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust. 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 Westcott Venture Park Phase 2 & 3 approved and built?
The application was submitted on 9 February 2011. Permission was granted on 9 June 2011, 4 months later. The site became operational on 1 September 2012, 15 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 1042.
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