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Orton Park - Extension

Appeal Refused1.6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 1 July 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
1.6 MW
Status
Appeal Refused
Operator or applicant
Private Developer
Location
Road Leading From Sceughmire to Junction South of Orton Park, Great Orton, Cumbria, CA5 6JU, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cumberland
Planning application
15/0141
Appeal reference
APP/E0915/W/16/3141833
Turbines
2, 87 m to tip

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  • 4 March 2015 Planning application submitted
  • 14 August 2015 Planning permission refused
  • 26 January 2016 Appeal lodged
  • 3 June 2016 Appeal refused

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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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