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Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill is an operational 3 MW landfill gas site in Dorset, generating since 1 December 2004. Planning permission was granted on 5 July 2002, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) / SITA UK.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 28 December 2001 |
| Permission granted | 5 July 2002 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 December 2004 29 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 5 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Dorset
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.
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.1 | 2.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.9 | 2.5 km |
Battery · Operational | 15 | 4.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3 | 4.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.2 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 6 | 5.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.3 | 5.2 km |
Battery · Operational | 0.3 | 5.3 km |
How big is Beacon Hill?
Beacon Hill has a recorded installed capacity of 3 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 Beacon Hill?
REPD records the operator as Combined Landfill Projects (CLP) / SITA UK. 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 Beacon Hill approved and built?
The application was submitted on 28 December 2001. Permission was granted on 5 July 2002, 6 months later. The site became operational on 1 December 2004, 29 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 723.
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