Solar Farms
Case reference FOI2022/00575
Published 15 June 2022
Request
I request information regarding solar farms in the council area, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. The amount of land (in square kilometres) currently allocated to solar farms within the council area.
2. The capacity (in Megawatts) of each solar farm currently within the council area.
3. The number of grants awarded for new solar farms to be built.
4. The projected capacity (in Megawatts) of each new solar farm once built.
5. The number of planning applications rejected by the council and the reason for each refusal.
Response
Q1. The amount of land (in square kilometres) currently allocated to solar farms within the council area.
A1. We do not currently hold this information
Q2. The capacity (in Megawatts) of each solar farm currently within the council area.
A2. With regards to installed capacity and upcoming capacity https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics - will provide a 2020 (latest data) view of capacity and generation figures
Q3. The number of grants awarded for new solar farms to be built.
A3. Herefordshire Council only holds data on grants that it administers directly which does not include grants from government departments or third parties.
As part of the Marches Renewable Energy Grant Scheme the Council supported 21 grants towards solar PV installs however these were all under 200kWp
An interactive map showing all the installations is available on the below link: https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/MarRE
Q4. The projected capacity (in Megawatts) of each new solar farm once built.
A4. The Herefordshire Council planning search can be found here: https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/info/200142/planning_services/planning_application_search
Q5. The number of planning applications rejected by the council and the reason for each refusal.
A5.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1075288/renewable-energy-planning-database-q1-april-2022-v2.csv/preview - will provide the planned installations
Documents
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