Planning application · Onshore wind · Sunderland

Great Eppleton Wind Farm

Operational3 MWSubmitted 2 August 1995Granted 25 July 1996

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The application

Planning authority: Sunderland
County or area: Tyne and Wear
Nation: England
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 3 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: Border Windfarm Limited / AMEC
Location: Great Eppleton Farm North Lane Hetton le Hole Tyne and Wear
Turbines: 4
First operating: 1997

Timeline

2 August 1995 Planning application submitted
25 July 1996 Planning permission granted
1 April 1997 Operational

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 43 comparable onshore wind incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-1119, Wind turbine fire at Butterwick Wind Farm near Sedgefield, 19 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1119	2019	Wind turbine fire at Butterwick Wind Farm near Sedgefield	19 km	Minor
EIR-0863	2017	Fire destroys single turbine at Knabs Ridge wind farm near Harrogate	93 km	Significant
EIR-1624	2026	Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm project	130 km	Major
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 40 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

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Summary for this site

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In the full pack

What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Great Eppleton Wind Farm from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

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