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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Black Ditch

Application Refused9.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 20 May 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
9.2 MW
Status
Application Refused (Secretary of State - Refusal)
Operator or applicant
Ecotricity
Location
Pawlett Road, Near West Huntspill, Somerset, Somerset, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Somerset
Planning application
52/10/00018
Turbines
4

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  • 1 December 2010 Planning application submitted
  • 24 April 2012 Planning permission refused
  • 29 October 2012 Appeal lodged
  • 11 October 2013 Secretary of State intervened
  • 25 February 2014 Refused by the Secretary of State
  • 26 February 2014 Appeal refused

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The register holds 54 incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, 22 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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