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Hownsgill Industrial Park
Hownsgill Industrial Park is a 5 MW solar farm under construction in County Durham. Planning permission was granted on 1 March 2016, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: Project Genesis.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 28 August 2015 |
| Permission granted | 1 March 2016 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.38 | 1.9 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 2.5 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 6 | 5.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 6.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 12 | 7 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 7.2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.6 | 8.5 km |
How big is Hownsgill Industrial Park?
Hownsgill Industrial Park has a recorded installed capacity of 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 Hownsgill Industrial Park?
REPD records the operator as Project Genesis. 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 Hownsgill Industrial Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 28 August 2015. Permission was granted on 1 March 2016, 6 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 5844.
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