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Great Blakenham EfW
Great Blakenham EfW is an operational 20 MW energy-from-waste plant in Mid Suffolk, generating since 2 December 2014. Planning permission was granted on 8 August 2011, 7 months after submission. Operator of record: SITA UK.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 January 2011 |
| Permission granted | 8 August 2011 7 months after submission |
| Operational | 2 December 2014 40 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 Great Blakenham EfW?
Great Blakenham EfW has a recorded installed capacity of 20 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 Great Blakenham EfW?
REPD records the operator as SITA UK. 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 Great Blakenham EfW approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 January 2011. Permission was granted on 8 August 2011, 7 months later. The site became operational on 2 December 2014, 40 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 997.
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