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New Barn Farm

Operational4.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 October 2013

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
4.5 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Private Developer
Location
Billington Road, Burnley, BB11 5QQ, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Burnley
Planning application
APP/2002/0516
Appeal reference
APP/Z2315/A/03/117063
First operating
2007
Turbines
3

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  • 2 September 2002 Planning application submitted
  • 18 March 2003 Planning permission refused
  • 23 February 2004 Planning permission granted
  • 23 February 2004 Appeal granted
  • 1 October 2006 Construction started
  • 1 February 2007 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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