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Drigg Wind Cluster

Appeal Refused3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 23 June 2009

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
3 MW
Status
Appeal Refused
Operator or applicant
Windprospect
Location
Land adjacent to Shore Road Drigg Seascale Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cumberland
Planning application
4/96/0560
Turbines
5

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  • 29 July 1996 Planning application submitted
  • 7 November 1996 Planning permission refused
  • 30 December 1997 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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