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Belford Burn Windfarm

Application Refused22.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 6 November 2014

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
22.5 MW
Status
Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant
Energiekontor UK
Location
Sionside Farm, on land adjacent to the Middleton Burn site, just north of Belford Moor. , Northumberland, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Northumberland
Planning application
13/02050/RENEIA
Turbines
9

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  • 9 July 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 8 October 2014 Planning permission refused

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