Showground Road

Showground Road is a 7.8 MW energy-from-waste plant under construction in Somerset. Planning permission was granted on 24 April 2015, 9 months after submission. Operator of record: Bridgwater Resource Recovery.

7.8 MW

Capacity

as recorded in REPD

Under Construction

Status

no operational date

EfW Incineration

Technology

Bridgwater Resource Recovery

Somerset

Authority

England

Planning and build timeline

Application submitted	17 July 2014
Permission granted	24 April 2015 9 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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How big is Showground Road?

Showground Road has a recorded installed capacity of 7.8 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 Showground Road?

REPD records the operator as Bridgwater Resource Recovery. 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 Showground Road approved and built?

The application was submitted on 17 July 2014. Permission was granted on 24 April 2015, 9 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 6257.

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