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Elean Business Park Biomass Plant
Elean Business Park Biomass Plant is an operational 40 MW biomass plant in East Cambridgeshire, generating since 22 September 2000. Planning permission was granted on 22 February 1996, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: European Development Corporation.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 8 November 1995 |
| Permission granted | 22 February 1996 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 22 September 2000 55 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 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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How big is Elean Business Park Biomass Plant?
Elean Business Park Biomass Plant has a recorded installed capacity of 40 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 Elean Business Park Biomass Plant?
REPD records the operator as European Development Corporation. 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 Elean Business Park Biomass Plant approved and built?
The application was submitted on 8 November 1995. Permission was granted on 22 February 1996, 3 months later. The site became operational on 22 September 2000, 55 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 78.
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