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Heckington Fens

Planning Permission Expired54 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 3 August 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
54 MW
Status
Planning Permission Expired
Operator or applicant
Ecotricity
Location
East Heckington, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
North Kesteven
Planning application
S36
Turbines
22, 125 m to tip

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  • 16 December 2009 Planning application submitted
  • 8 February 2013 Planning permission granted
  • 8 February 2018 Planning permission expired

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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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