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Winterbrook
Winterbrook is an operational 1.2 MW solar farm in South Oxfordshire, generating since 15 October 2015. Planning permission was granted on 13 January 2015, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: S.A.T. Sun & Alternative Technology.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 3 September 2014 |
| Permission granted | 13 January 2015 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 15 October 2015 9 months after consent |
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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.
South Oxfordshire’s record on solar
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 21.3 | 10.5 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 5.6 | 10.7 km |
How big is Winterbrook?
Winterbrook has a recorded installed capacity of 1.2 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 Winterbrook?
REPD records the operator as S.A.T. Sun & Alternative Technology. 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 Winterbrook approved and built?
The application was submitted on 3 September 2014. Permission was granted on 13 January 2015, 4 months later. The site became operational on 15 October 2015, 9 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 2259.
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