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New Albion Wind Farm
New Albion Wind Farm is an operational 14.4 MW onshore wind farm in North Northamptonshire, generating since 18 January 2016. Planning permission was granted on 20 January 2010, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: John Laing Environmental Assets Group.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 29 August 2009 |
| Permission granted | 20 January 2010 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 18 January 2016 72 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.
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.
North Northamptonshire’s record on onshore wind
North Northamptonshire has decided 9 onshore wind schemes and approved 67%, taking a median of 4.7 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in North Northamptonshire →
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Landfill Gas · Operational | 4 | 8.7 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.1 | 11.7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 14.4 | 12.1 km |
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How big is New Albion Wind Farm?
New Albion Wind Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 14.4 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 New Albion Wind Farm?
REPD records the operator as John Laing Environmental Assets Group. 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 New Albion Wind Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 29 August 2009. Permission was granted on 20 January 2010, 5 months later. The site became operational on 18 January 2016, 72 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 4513.
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