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Pilrow

Appeal Refused12 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 5 September 2014

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
12 MW
Status
Appeal Refused
Operator or applicant
Broadview Energy Limited
Location
immediately east of the M5 motorway, approximately 1km south of Rooks Bridge village, Somerset, Somerset, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Somerset
Planning application
24/12/00018
Turbines
4

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  • 29 June 2012 Planning application submitted
  • 8 April 2013 Planning permission refused
  • 31 July 2014 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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