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Gowy Landfill Site
Gowy Landfill Site is an operational 1.6 MW landfill gas site in Cheshire West and Chester, generating since 1 May 1996. Planning permission was granted on 13 December 1994, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Waste Recycling Group.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 6 September 1994 |
| Permission granted | 13 December 1994 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 May 1996 17 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Cheshire West and Chester
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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|---|---|---|
Landfill Gas · Operational | 6 | 0 km |
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Advanced Conversion Technologies · Operational | 21.5 | 5.1 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 0.3 | 7.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7.2 | 7.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 50.4 | 8.2 km |
Battery · Operational | 57 | 8.2 km |
How big is Gowy Landfill Site?
Gowy Landfill Site has a recorded installed capacity of 1.6 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 Gowy Landfill Site?
REPD records the operator as Waste Recycling Group. 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 Gowy Landfill Site approved and built?
The application was submitted on 6 September 1994. Permission was granted on 13 December 1994, 3 months later. The site became operational on 1 May 1996, 17 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 546.
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