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Wymeswold Airfield
Wymeswold Airfield is operational in Charnwood with a recorded capacity of 34 MW, and has been generating since 2013-03-28.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2012-09-04 |
| Permission granted | 2012-11-09 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 2013-03-28 5 months after consent |
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 |
|---|---|---|
Land to the East of Burton Lane Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.6 | 0 km |
GDL Wymeswold Solar Farm/land off the A6006 Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.1 | 1.8 km |
Dalby Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.2 | 5.2 km |
Six Hills Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 18.7 | 6.3 km |
The Sawmill Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 6.8 | 6.7 km |
Gypsom Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.1 km |
British Geological, Keywork Solar Panels Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.62 | 8.7 km |
Mountsorrel Landfill Site Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.6 | 8.7 km |
How big is Wymeswold Airfield?
Wymeswold Airfield has a recorded installed capacity of 34 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 Wymeswold Airfield?
REPD records the operator as Foresight Solar Fund. 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 Wymeswold Airfield approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2012-09-04. Permission was granted on 2012-11-09, 2 months later. The site became operational on 2013-03-28, 5 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 1585.
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