Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Melton Common Wind Cluster
Melton Common Wind Cluster is a permitted power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 2.3 MW of capacity, operated by Melton Wind Limited.
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 | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West South And Se/O Melton Waste Park, Gibson Lane, South Melton, Ferriby, HU14 3LJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | 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 |
| Permit date | 5 Feb 2016 (permit 14/01499/STPLFE, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Jun 2014 (reference 14/01499/STPLFE, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Feb 2016 (granted, reference 14/01499/STPLFE, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Melton Wind Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 1 units (2.3 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 | 53.7181, -0.5370 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Melton Common Wind Cluster is the 1,815th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,767th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.3 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,815th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,767th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,953rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 356 grid connections (171 operating, 2,505 MW), 163 substations, 2 transmission lines, 1 gas storage facility and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Lane | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Solar 4 MW grid connection at Gibson Lane | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Battery storage and Solar and Wind 7.9 MW grid connection at Gibson Lane | Grid connection | 7.9 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Gibson Lane Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 24 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Skillings Lane | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Hull West | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 12 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 32 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.