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Wroughton Airfield Solar Park
Wroughton Airfield Solar Park is operational in Swindon with a recorded capacity of 41 MW, and has been generating since 2016-03-31.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2013-07-15 |
| Permission granted | not recorded |
| Operational | 2016-03-31 |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
- National Landscape (AONB) — North Wessex Downs
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.
Swindon’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Building ONE Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 1.2 | 0.8 km |
Lower Basset Down Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10.5 | 2.1 km |
Common Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.8 | 2.8 km |
Mannington Battery Storage Plant Battery · Operational | 49.9 | 4.8 km |
Rock Farm / Goldborough Farm (Rookwood) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 4.8 km |
Wickfield Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.3 km |
Spittleborough Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 12 | 6.2 km |
Swindon Sewerage Treatment Works Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.2 | 6.4 km |
How big is Wroughton Airfield Solar Park?
Wroughton Airfield Solar Park has a recorded installed capacity of 41 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 Wroughton Airfield Solar Park?
REPD records the operator as Rockfire Capital. 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 Wroughton Airfield Solar Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2013-07-15. REPD does not record a grant date. The site became operational on 2016-03-31.
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 1735.
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