TNEI Secure Consent for a Wind Turbine in the Green Belt

Gedling Borough Council have granted consent for a single 100 metres to blade tip turbine on land within the Green Belt at Stoke Bardolph Sewage Treatment Works in Nottinghamshire. The scheme was a resubmission of a previous planning application for two 132m to blade tip turbines which was refused planning permission in April 2012.TNEI were commissioned by Regeneco Ltd, on behalf of Severn Trent Water, to provide full planning and environmental consultancy services on the Severn Trent Water wind project. TNEI undertook environmental and technical assessments on site for the purposes of compiling supporting documentation and submitting the planning application. TNEI then managed the relationships with key stakeholders through the lifetime of the application. The proposal was recommended for approval by the Planning Department and approved by the Planning Committee in September 2013. The scheme will consist of a single turbine with a maximum height to blade tip of 100 metres and ancillary infrastructure. The turbine will have a maximum installed capacity of 2.5MW. TNEI has now obtained consents for turbines on behalf of Severn Trent Water at their Wanlip, Newthorpe, Spondon, Curborough and Stoke Bardolph Sewage Treatment Works – this equates to a total potential rated capacity of 16.6MW.