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Mochrum Fell Wind Farm

Revised24 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 31 October 2018

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
24 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Falck Renewables
Location
Mochrum Fell, Corsock, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Planning application
13/P/2/0327
Appeal reference
PPA-170-2102
Turbines
8

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  • 29 November 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 26 June 2015 Planning permission refused
  • 24 September 2015 Appeal lodged
  • 5 July 2016 Planning permission granted
  • 5 July 2016 Appeal granted
  • 5 July 2021 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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