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Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1)
REPD record 5497. Status: Operational.
Facts
As published by REPD, release Q3 2026.
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- Octopus Investments
- County
- Essex
- Region
- Eastern
- Country
- England
- Planning authority
- Braintree
- Planning reference
- 15/00949/FUL
- Turbines
- not held by REPD
- Turbine size
- not held by REPD
- Record last updated in REPD
- 2017-04-26
Status history
Dated status events as published by REPD, release Q3 2026.
- 2015-07-24: Planning Application Submitted
- 2015-11-12: Planning Permission Granted
- 2016-03-16: Operational
- 2016-05-01: Under Construction
- 2018-11-12: Planning Permission Expired
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Source: DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), release Q3 2026. Record 5497. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Positions on the map come from REPD's own grid references.