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Elstow Landfill Site
Elstow Landfill Site is a 5.5 MW solar farm under construction in Bedford. Planning permission was granted on 30 November 2020, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Bedford Borough Council.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 September 2020 |
| Permission granted | 30 November 2020 3 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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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.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.8 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7.5 | 5.1 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 3.4 | 6.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 10.7 | 6.9 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 65 | 7.4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 8.8 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 11 | 11.7 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 11 | 12 km |
How big is Elstow Landfill Site?
Elstow Landfill Site has a recorded installed capacity of 5.5 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 Elstow Landfill Site?
REPD records the operator as Bedford Borough 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 Elstow Landfill Site approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 September 2020. Permission was granted on 30 November 2020, 3 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 8013.
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