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Great Eppleton Wind Farm
Great Eppleton Wind Farm is operational in Sunderland with a recorded capacity of 3 MW, and has been generating since 1997-04-01.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 1995-08-02 |
| Permission granted | 1996-07-25 12 months after submission |
| Operational | 1997-04-01 8 months after consent |
What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
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.
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Great Eppleton Farm Repowering Wind Onshore · Operational | 8.2 | 0 km |
South Sharpley Wind Farm (Revised) Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.5 | 2.2 km |
Houghton-le-Spring Landfill Site Landfill Gas · Operational | 3 | 2.4 km |
Hawthorn Grid Site - Battery Storage Battery · Operational | 49 | 3.6 km |
High Haswell Wind Farm Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 4.4 km |
Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | — | 5.2 km |
Mark's Quarry Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 5.7 km |
High Sharpley Wind Farm Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.6 | 5.9 km |
How big is Great Eppleton Wind Farm?
Great Eppleton Wind Farm 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 Great Eppleton Wind Farm?
REPD records the operator as Border Windfarm Limited / AMEC. 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 Eppleton Wind Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 1995-08-02. Permission was granted on 1996-07-25, 12 months later. The site became operational on 1997-04-01, 8 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 2591.
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