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Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank)
Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) is an operational 8.2 MW onshore wind farm in Swale, generating since 20 September 2016. Planning permission was granted on 11 March 2009, 6 months after submission. Operator of record: Peel Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 26 August 2008 |
| Permission granted | 11 March 2009 6 months after submission |
| Operational | 20 September 2016 90 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
- Conservation area — Sheerness : Royal Naval Dockyard and Bluetown
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.
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How big is Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank)?
Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) has a recorded installed capacity of 8.2 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 Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank)?
REPD records the operator as Peel 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 Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 26 August 2008. Permission was granted on 11 March 2009, 6 months later. The site became operational on 20 September 2016, 90 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 3738.
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