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Brenkley Landfill
Brenkley Landfill is an operational 1.9 MW landfill gas site in Newcastle upon Tyne, generating since 1 December 2003. Planning permission was granted on 16 May 2002, 11 months after submission. Operator of record: SITA UK / Natural Power.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 5 June 2001 |
| Permission granted | 16 May 2002 11 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 December 2003 19 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
- Green Belt — Newcastle upon Tyne
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 · Under Construction | 3 | 3.8 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 27.7 | 4.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 5.1 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.1 | 8.9 km |
Battery · Operational | 0.4 | 9.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.8 | 9.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.53 | 10.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.3 | 11.2 km |
How big is Brenkley Landfill?
Brenkley Landfill has a recorded installed capacity of 1.9 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 Brenkley Landfill?
REPD records the operator as SITA UK / Natural Power. 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 Brenkley Landfill approved and built?
The application was submitted on 5 June 2001. Permission was granted on 16 May 2002, 11 months later. The site became operational on 1 December 2003, 19 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 704.
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