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Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm

Operational59.8 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 9 July 2009

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
59.8 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
RWE npower
Location
Little Cheyne Court, Romney Marsh Near Lydd Kent, Kent, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Folkestone and Hythe
Planning application
YO2/1278/SH
First operating
2009
Turbines
26

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  • 28 November 2002 Planning application submitted
  • 18 October 2005 Planning permission granted
  • 18 October 2005 Planning permission refused
  • 18 October 2005 Appeal granted
  • 1 July 2008 Construction started
  • 1 June 2009 Operational

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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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