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Swaffham Plashes II
Swaffham Plashes II is an operational 1.8 MW onshore wind farm in Breckland, generating since 15 July 2003. Planning permission was granted on 30 September 2002, 10 months after submission. Operator of record: Ecotricity.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 11 December 2001 |
| Permission granted | 30 September 2002 10 months after submission |
| Operational | 15 July 2003 9 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
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 |
|---|---|---|
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.5 | 1.2 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 14.4 | 3.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 4.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11.5 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.4 | 10.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7.9 | 11 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 11.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.2 | 13.1 km |
How big is Swaffham Plashes II?
Swaffham Plashes II has a recorded installed capacity of 1.8 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 Swaffham Plashes II?
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 Swaffham Plashes II approved and built?
The application was submitted on 11 December 2001. Permission was granted on 30 September 2002, 10 months later. The site became operational on 15 July 2003, 9 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 3159.
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