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Hay Close Wind Farm

Appeal Withdrawn10 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 29 October 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
10 MW
Status
Appeal Withdrawn
Operator or applicant
REG Windpower
Location
Hay Close Farm, between Low Braithwaite and Calthwaite in Cumbria., Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Westmorland and Furness
Planning application
14/0637
Appeal reference
APP/H0928/W/15/3017315
Turbines
4

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  • 18 July 2014 Planning application submitted
  • 16 October 2014 Planning permission refused
  • 29 June 2015 Appeal lodged
  • 29 October 2015 Appeal withdrawn

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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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