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Blue Gates Farm
Blue Gates Farm is an operational 1.5 MW onshore wind farm in Tendring, generating since 1 March 2010. Planning permission was granted on 11 September 2009, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: M H Leyland Ltd.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 5 June 2009 |
| Permission granted | 11 September 2009 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 March 2010 6 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.
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How big is Blue Gates Farm?
Blue Gates Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 1.5 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 Blue Gates Farm?
REPD records the operator as M H Leyland Ltd. 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 Blue Gates Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 5 June 2009. Permission was granted on 11 September 2009, 3 months later. The site became operational on 1 March 2010, 6 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 2694.
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