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White Cross Lane
White Cross Lane is a 25 MW solar farm under construction in North Kesteven. Planning permission was granted on 31 December 2019, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: Nextpower SPV 5 Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 18 June 2019 |
| Permission granted | 31 December 2019 6 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
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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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 15 | 0.8 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 40 | 2.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 20 | 3.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8 | 6.2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 26.7 | 10.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 32.5 | 11.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 75 | 12 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 50 | 12 km |
How big is White Cross Lane?
White Cross Lane has a recorded installed capacity of 25 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 White Cross Lane?
REPD records the operator as Nextpower SPV 5 Limited. 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 White Cross Lane approved and built?
The application was submitted on 18 June 2019. Permission was granted on 31 December 2019, 6 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 6530.
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