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Boardinghouse Wind Farm

Operational10.3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 1 December 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
10.3 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Ecogen
Location
Knights End Road March Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Fenland
Planning application
F/YR09/0562/F
Appeal reference
10/00038/REF
First operating
2015
Turbines
5

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  • 20 August 2009 Planning application submitted
  • 14 April 2010 Planning permission refused
  • 6 July 2011 Planning permission granted
  • 6 July 2011 Appeal granted
  • 28 July 2014 Construction started
  • 1 October 2015 Operational

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