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Blue Gates Farm

Operational1.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 29 November 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
1.5 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
M H Leyland Ltd
Location
Colchester Main Road, Alresford, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8DE, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Tendring
Planning application
09/00508/FUL
First operating
2010
Turbines
1

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  • 5 June 2009 Planning application submitted
  • 11 September 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 1 March 2010 Operational
  • 2 February 2017 Planning permission 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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