Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Brogborough Landfill Site
Brogborough Landfill Site is a cancelled power plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 5.4 MW of capacity, operated by FCC Environment.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Brogborough Landfill Site, Woburn Road, Lidlington | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Mar 2014 (reference CB/14/00925/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Jul 2014 (refused, reference CB/14/00925/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | FCC Environment | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 6 units (0.9 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0501, -0.5828 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Brogborough Landfill Site is the 1,717th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,690th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.4 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,717th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,690th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,279th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 144 grid connections (10 operating, 127 MW), 21 substations and 17 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Island 1 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Milton Keynes, Woburn Sands grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 6.0 km |
| 34130902 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.