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Chapman's Well
Chapman's Well is an operational 1 MW landfill gas site in County Durham, generating since 1 March 2003. Planning permission was granted on 21 August 2002, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Natural Power.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 30 May 2002 |
| Permission granted | 21 August 2002 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 March 2003 6 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban 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 |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 0.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 1.1 km |
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Wind Onshore · Operational | 8 | 4.8 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 5 | 7.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.38 | 7.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.4 | 9.9 km |
How big is Chapman's Well?
Chapman's Well has a recorded installed capacity of 1 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 Chapman's Well?
REPD records the operator as 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 Chapman's Well approved and built?
The application was submitted on 30 May 2002. Permission was granted on 21 August 2002, 3 months later. The site became operational on 1 March 2003, 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 648.
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