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Fox Covert Wind Farm

Application Refused10 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 27 June 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
10 MW
Status
Application Refused (Secretary of State - Refusal)
Operator or applicant
Wind Prospect Developments
Location
Cotham Road, Hawton, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Newark and Sherwood
Planning application
13/00889/FULM
Appeal reference
APP/B3030/W/15/3003130
Turbines
5

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  • 4 July 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 9 October 2014 Planning permission refused
  • 10 May 2015 Appeal lodged
  • 29 September 2015 Appeal refused
  • 20 January 2016 Secretary of State intervened
  • 30 June 2016 Refused by the Secretary of State

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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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