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Woodside Leisure Centre - Solar PV Panels
Woodside Leisure Centre - Solar PV Panels is an operational 0.29 MW solar farm in Watford, generating since 1 March 2025. Planning permission was granted on 30 January 2025, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Watford Borough Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 5 December 2024 |
| Permission granted | 30 January 2025 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 March 2025 1 months after consent |
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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.
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | — | 7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.3 | 9.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3 | 9.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | — | 9.6 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 3 | 10 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.61 | 10.6 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 49.5 | 11.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 11.8 km |
How big is Woodside Leisure Centre - Solar PV Panels?
Woodside Leisure Centre - Solar PV Panels has a recorded installed capacity of 0.29 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 Woodside Leisure Centre - Solar PV Panels?
REPD records the operator as Watford 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 Woodside Leisure Centre - Solar PV Panels approved and built?
The application was submitted on 5 December 2024. Permission was granted on 30 January 2025, 2 months later. The site became operational on 1 March 2025, 1 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 17782.
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