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Arla Dairy Site
Arla Dairy Site is an operational 5 MW anaerobic digestion plant in Buckinghamshire, generating since 1 August 2017. Planning permission was granted on 15 July 2015, 7 months after submission. Operator of record: Olleco and Arla Foods.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 11 December 2014 |
| Permission granted | 15 July 2015 7 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 August 2017 25 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
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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How big is Arla Dairy Site?
Arla Dairy Site has a recorded installed capacity of 5 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 Arla Dairy Site?
REPD records the operator as Olleco and Arla Foods. 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 Arla Dairy Site approved and built?
The application was submitted on 11 December 2014. Permission was granted on 15 July 2015, 7 months later. The site became operational on 1 August 2017, 25 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 4906.
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