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Shooters Bottom Wind Park
Shooters Bottom Wind Park is an operational 2 MW onshore wind farm in Somerset, generating since 16 June 2008. Planning permission was granted on 18 May 2006, 32 months after submission. Operator of record: Ecotricity.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 15 September 2003 |
| Permission granted | 18 May 2006 32 months after submission |
| Operational | 16 June 2008 25 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.
Somerset’s record on onshore wind
Somerset has decided 9 onshore wind schemes and approved 22%, taking a median of 11.7 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Somerset →
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.4 | 5.1 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 6 | 6.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.9 | 6.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 5 | 7.7 km |
How big is Shooters Bottom Wind Park?
Shooters Bottom Wind Park has a recorded installed capacity of 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 Shooters Bottom Wind Park?
REPD records the operator as Ecotricity. 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 Shooters Bottom Wind Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 15 September 2003. Permission was granted on 18 May 2006, 32 months later. The site became operational on 16 June 2008, 25 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 3161.
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