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Torr Works

Appeal Refused3.6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 7 January 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
3.6 MW
Status
Appeal Refused
Operator or applicant
Aggregate Industries UK
Location
Land adjacent Torr Works, Somerset, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Somerset
Planning application
2013/1244
Appeal reference
APP/Q3305/A/14/2227407
Turbines
4

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  • 24 June 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 16 April 2014 Planning permission refused
  • 4 November 2014 Appeal lodged
  • 25 January 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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