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Wheat Leasows Solar Park
Wheat Leasows Solar Park is operational in Telford and Wrekin with a recorded capacity of 4 MW, and has been generating since 2014-12-01.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2014-02-13 |
| Permission granted | 2014-05-08 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 2014-12-01 7 months after consent |
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.
Telford and Wrekin’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Steeraway Farm - Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 30 | 4.5 km |
Rushmoor Lane Farm (Cheshire Coppice) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 4.5 km |
Lyreco - Telford Distribution Centre Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.8 | 4.6 km |
Twitch Hill, Cheswell Grange Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Battery · Under Construction | — | 4.8 km |
Twitch Hill, Cheswell Grange Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 25 | 4.8 km |
Granville Road Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.2 km |
Granville Landfill Site Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.4 | 5.5 km |
Candles/Coalmoor Landfill Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.9 | 6.2 km |
How big is Wheat Leasows Solar Park?
Wheat Leasows Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 4 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 Wheat Leasows Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as Telford and Wrekin Borough Council. 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 Wheat Leasows Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2014-02-13. Permission was granted on 2014-05-08, 3 months later. The site became operational on 2014-12-01, 7 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 1756.
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