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Windy Edge Wind Farm

Planning Permission Expired27 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 29 October 2018

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
27 MW
Status
Planning Permission Expired
Operator or applicant
Energiekontor
Location
Land North East And North West Of Farmhouse Braidlie (Windy Edge) Hawick, Borders, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Borders
Planning application
13/00789/FUL
Appeal reference
PPA-140-2055
Turbines
9, 125 m to tip

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  • 4 July 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 29 June 2015 Planning permission refused
  • 25 September 2015 Appeal lodged
  • 9 June 2016 Planning permission granted
  • 9 June 2016 Appeal granted
  • 1 December 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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