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Laurels Farm

Planning Permission Expired2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 26 May 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
2 MW
Status
Planning Permission Expired
Operator or applicant
Stamford Renewable Power
Location
Laurels Farm, Shipmeadow, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8HD, United Kingdom
Planning authority
East Suffolk
Planning application
DC/12/1332/FUL
Turbines
1

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  • 29 November 2012 Planning application submitted
  • 9 April 2013 Planning permission refused
  • 2 April 2014 Planning permission granted
  • 2 April 2014 Appeal granted
  • 23 January 2017 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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