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Cattlegate Farm Biogas (Farm AD)
Cattlegate Farm Biogas (Farm AD) is an operational 1.5 MW anaerobic digestion plant in Welwyn Hatfield, generating since 1 December 2015. Planning permission was granted on 20 June 2013, 22 months after submission. Operator of record: Willen Biogas & Xergi.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 24 August 2011 |
| Permission granted | 20 June 2013 22 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 December 2015 29 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 — Welwyn Hatfield
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 | 5 | 6.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.2 | 7.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 7.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.61 | 9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 3 | 9.1 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 49.5 | 9.7 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 55 | 10.1 km |
How big is Cattlegate Farm Biogas (Farm AD)?
Cattlegate Farm Biogas (Farm AD) 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 Cattlegate Farm Biogas (Farm AD)?
REPD records the operator as Willen Biogas & Xergi. 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 Cattlegate Farm Biogas (Farm AD) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 24 August 2011. Permission was granted on 20 June 2013, 22 months later. The site became operational on 1 December 2015, 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 342.
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