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Checkley Wood Farm
Checkley Wood Farm is an operational 4.1 MW onshore wind farm in Central Bedfordshire, generating since 20 January 2024. Planning permission was granted on 13 September 2017, 17 months after submission. Operator of record: AW Group.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 20 April 2016 |
| Permission granted | 13 September 2017 17 months after submission |
| Operational | 20 January 2024 76 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Non Agricultural agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Central Bedfordshire
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.
Central Bedfordshire’s record on onshore wind
Central Bedfordshire has decided 7 onshore wind schemes and approved 86%, taking a median of 8.6 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Central Bedfordshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 0.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 15 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | — | 5.3 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 5.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.1 | 6.1 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 16 | 7.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.2 | 9.2 km |
How big is Checkley Wood Farm?
Checkley Wood Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 4.1 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 Checkley Wood Farm?
REPD records the operator as AW Group. 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 Checkley Wood Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 20 April 2016. Permission was granted on 13 September 2017, 17 months later. The site became operational on 20 January 2024, 76 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 6120.
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