Bellhouse South

Bellhouse South is an operational 3.9 MW landfill gas site in Colchester, generating since 1 May 2004. Planning permission was granted on 22 September 2000, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Cory Environmental.

3.9 MW

Capacity

as recorded in REPD

Operational

Status

since 1 May 2004

Landfill Gas

Technology

Cory Environmental

Colchester

Authority

England

Planning and build timeline

Application submitted	22 June 2000
Permission granted	22 September 2000 3 months after submission
Operational	1 May 2004 43 months after consent

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What this site sits on

The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 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.

Other built sites within 15 km

Site	MW	Distance
Bellhouse Pit Landfill Scheme Landfill Gas · Operational	2.7	1.4 km
Birch Solar Farm & Battery Storage Battery · Operational	—	2.1 km
Birch Solar Farm & Battery Storage Solar Photovoltaics · Operational	40	2.1 km
Layer Farm - Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational	49	2.3 km
Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (b) (Birch Estate) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational	2.3	2.7 km
Land Adjacent Claypits Farm (a) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational	5	2.9 km
Birch Airfield Solar Photovoltaics · Operational	5.6	4.1 km
Colchester STW Sewage Sludge Digestion · Operational	1.2	7.3 km

How big is Bellhouse South?

Bellhouse South has a recorded installed capacity of 3.9 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 Bellhouse South?

REPD records the operator as Cory Environmental. 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 Bellhouse South approved and built?

The application was submitted on 22 June 2000. Permission was granted on 22 September 2000, 3 months later. The site became operational on 1 May 2004, 43 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 736.

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