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Esholt WWTW
Esholt WWTW is an operational 3 MW sewage sludge digestion plant in Bradford, generating since 3 October 2014. Planning permission was granted on 30 March 2012, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: Yorkshire Water.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 30 September 2011 |
| Permission granted | 30 March 2012 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 3 October 2014 30 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Bradford
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 Esholt WWTW?
Esholt WWTW has a recorded installed capacity of 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 Esholt WWTW?
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 Esholt WWTW approved and built?
The application was submitted on 30 September 2011. Permission was granted on 30 March 2012, 6 months later. The site became operational on 3 October 2014, 30 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 4695.
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