Planning application · Onshore wind · Great Yarmouth

Hemsby Wind Farm

Application Refused10 MWApplication 06/09/0592/FSubmitted 8 September 2009Refused 23 December 2009

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The application

Application number: 06/09/0592/F
Planning authority: Great Yarmouth
County or area: Norfolk
Nation: England
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 10 MW
Status: Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant: Sea & Land Power and Energy Ltd
Location: between the villages of Hemsby and Ormesby St Margaret
Appeal reference: 40351
Turbines: 4

Timeline

8 September 2009 Planning application submitted
23 December 2009 Planning permission refused

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-0895, Wind turbine catches fire at Doddington wind farm after storms, 111 km from this site.

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EIR-0895	2018	Wind turbine catches fire at Doddington wind farm after storms	111 km	Significant
EIR-2021	2022	Wind turbine catches fire near Thorney in Lincolnshire	121 km	Significant
EIR-1275	2022	Fire damages Siemens Gamesa turbine at French Farm wind farm	122 km	Significant
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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 Hemsby 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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