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Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill - Solar Farm
Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill - Solar Farm is operational in Colchester with a recorded capacity of 6.15 MW, and has been generating since 2023-01-01.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2022-12-30 |
| Permission granted | 2023-06-06 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 2023-01-01 |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban 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.
Colchester’s record on solar
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| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Highfields Farm (Braintree) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.8 | 3.1 km |
Highfields Farm (Colchester) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12.2 | 3.1 km |
Birch Airfield Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.6 | 4.1 km |
Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (a) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.4 km |
Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (b) (Birch Estate) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.3 | 5.5 km |
Birch Solar Farm & Battery Storage Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 40 | 6.6 km |
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How big is Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill - Solar Farm?
Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill - Solar Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 6.15 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 Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill - Solar Farm?
REPD records the operator as Wilkin & Sons 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 Wilkin And Sons, Factory Hill - Solar Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2022-12-30. Permission was granted on 2023-06-06, 5 months later. The site became operational on 2023-01-01.
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 13025.
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