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Huntington Water Treatment Works
Huntington Water Treatment Works is an operational 7.2 MW solar farm in Cheshire West and Chester, generating since 24 July 2019. Planning permission was granted on 24 April 2018, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: United Utilities.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 28 November 2017 |
| Permission granted | 24 April 2018 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 24 July 2019 15 months after consent |
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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.
- 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.
Cheshire West and Chester’s record on solar
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 0.3 | 7.4 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 6 | 7.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.6 | 7.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.22 | 10.2 km |
Battery · Operational | 100 | 11.3 km |
Battery · Operational | 57 | 11.9 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 57 | 12.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.8 | 12.4 km |
How big is Huntington Water Treatment Works?
Huntington Water Treatment Works has a recorded installed capacity of 7.2 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 Huntington Water Treatment Works?
REPD records the operator as United Utilities. 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 Huntington Water Treatment Works approved and built?
The application was submitted on 28 November 2017. Permission was granted on 24 April 2018, 5 months later. The site became operational on 24 July 2019, 15 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 6532.
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