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Clifton Marsh Wastewater Treatment Works
Clifton Marsh Wastewater Treatment Works is an operational 3.2 MW solar farm in Fylde, generating since 22 August 2019. Planning permission was granted on 23 August 2018, 9 months after submission. Operator of record: United Utilities Water/ Preston City Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 23 November 2017 |
| Permission granted | 23 August 2018 9 months after submission |
| Operational | 22 August 2019 12 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.
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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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.3 | 0.4 km |
Battery · Operational | 2 | 0.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.3 | 1.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 2.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.7 | 3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 5.8 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 6.4 km |
How big is Clifton Marsh Wastewater Treatment Works?
Clifton Marsh Wastewater Treatment Works has a recorded installed capacity of 3.2 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 Clifton Marsh Wastewater Treatment Works?
REPD records the operator as United Utilities Water/ Preston City Council. 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 Clifton Marsh Wastewater Treatment Works approved and built?
The application was submitted on 23 November 2017. Permission was granted on 23 August 2018, 9 months later. The site became operational on 22 August 2019, 12 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 6523.
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