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Carsington Pasture
Carsington Pasture is an operational 8 MW onshore wind farm in Derbyshire Dales, generating since 5 February 2014. Planning permission was granted on 17 September 2008, 20 months after submission. Operator of record: Carsington Wind Energy Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 29 January 2007 |
| Permission granted | 17 September 2008 20 months after submission |
| Operational | 5 February 2014 65 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 5 agricultural land.
- Scheduled monument — Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries
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.
Derbyshire Dales’s record on onshore wind
Derbyshire Dales has decided 5 onshore wind schemes and approved 60%, taking a median of 11.3 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Derbyshire Dales →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.3 | 0.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 5 | 1.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.7 | 6.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 8.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3 | 9.2 km |
How big is Carsington Pasture?
Carsington Pasture has a recorded installed capacity of 8 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 Carsington Pasture?
REPD records the operator as Carsington Wind Energy Limited. 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 Carsington Pasture approved and built?
The application was submitted on 29 January 2007. Permission was granted on 17 September 2008, 20 months later. The site became operational on 5 February 2014, 65 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 4665.
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