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Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works
Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works is an operational 9.7 MW sewage sludge digestion plant in Birmingham, generating since 1 April 2016. Planning permission was granted on 6 November 2013, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Severn Trent Water.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 29 August 2013 |
| Permission granted | 6 November 2013 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 April 2016 29 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 — Birmingham
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 |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Under Construction | 400 | 2.7 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2.4 | 3.2 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 8.5 | 8.1 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 9.1 km |
Advanced Conversion Technologies · Operational | 10.3 | 9.8 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 30 | 10 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 11.2 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 12.2 km |
How big is Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works?
Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works has a recorded installed capacity of 9.7 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 Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works?
REPD records the operator as Severn Trent Water. 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 Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works approved and built?
The application was submitted on 29 August 2013. Permission was granted on 6 November 2013, 2 months later. The site became operational on 1 April 2016, 29 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 6232.
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