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North Pickenham
North Pickenham is operational in Breckland with a recorded capacity of 14.4 MW, and has been generating since 2006-10-01.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2004-03-01 |
| Permission granted | 2004-10-01 7 months after submission |
| Operational | 2006-10-01 24 months after consent |
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.
Breckland’s record on onshore wind
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
North Pickenham Airfield Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 0.4 km |
Swaffham Plashes II Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.8 | 3.8 km |
Swaffham 1 - Ecotech Wind Park Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 4.5 km |
Huntingfield Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.4 | 8 km |
Burntstalk Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.5 | 8.6 km |
Tesco Superstore Thetford Road Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.2 | 9.3 km |
HMP Wayland - Solar Panels Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.34 | 12.2 km |
Claypit Moor Solar Farm (Lexham) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7.9 | 13.2 km |
How big is North Pickenham?
North Pickenham 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 North Pickenham?
REPD records the operator as Foresight 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 North Pickenham approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2004-03-01. Permission was granted on 2004-10-01, 7 months later. The site became operational on 2006-10-01, 24 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 4686.
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