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Chelker Reservoir
Chelker Reservoir is an operational 1.3 MW onshore wind farm in North Yorkshire, generating since 1 June 1992. Planning permission was granted on 12 July 1991. Operator of record: Yorkshire Water.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | not recorded |
| Permission granted | 12 July 1991 |
| Operational | 1 June 1992 11 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 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.
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|---|---|---|
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How big is Chelker Reservoir?
Chelker Reservoir has a recorded installed capacity of 1.3 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 Chelker Reservoir?
REPD records the operator as Yorkshire Water. 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 Chelker Reservoir approved and built?
REPD does not record a submission date. Permission was granted on 12 July 1991. The site became operational on 1 June 1992, 11 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 2921.
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