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Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works
Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works is a solar farm under construction in Sunderland. Planning permission was granted on 19 January 2021, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Northumbrian Water Limited / Push Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 12 November 2020 |
| Permission granted | 19 January 2021 2 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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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.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3 | 3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.9 | 3.2 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 4.5 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 3 | 5.2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8.2 | 5.2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.5 | 6.2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2 | 7 km |
How big is Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works.
Who operates Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works?
REPD records the operator as Northumbrian Water Limited / Push 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 Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works approved and built?
The application was submitted on 12 November 2020. Permission was granted on 19 January 2021, 2 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 6669.
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