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Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine
Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine is an operational 1.5 MW onshore wind farm in Central Bedfordshire, generating since 1 May 2014. Planning permission was granted on 1 February 2012, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Blue Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 11 November 2011 |
| Permission granted | 1 February 2012 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 May 2014 27 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Non Agricultural 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.
Central Bedfordshire’s record on onshore wind
Central Bedfordshire has decided 7 onshore wind schemes and approved 86%, taking a median of 8.6 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Central Bedfordshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
EfW Incineration · Operational | 65 | 1.4 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 10.7 | 1.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 11 | 3.7 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 11 | 3.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 5.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.8 | 6.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.44 | 6.6 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 16 | 6.6 km |
How big is Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine?
Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine has a recorded installed capacity of 1.5 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 Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine?
REPD records the operator as Blue Energy. 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 Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine approved and built?
The application was submitted on 11 November 2011. Permission was granted on 1 February 2012, 3 months later. The site became operational on 1 May 2014, 27 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 3890.
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