Planning application · Onshore wind · Pembrokeshire
Lawrence Landfill
Operational1.6 MWApplication 12/1206/PASubmitted 12 April 2013Granted on appeal 26 August 2014
The application
- Application number
- 12/1206/PA
- Planning authority
- Pembrokeshire
- County or area
- Dyfed
- Nation
- Wales
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 1.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Wind Energy Direct
- Location
- Lawrence Landfill, Pope Hill, Johnston, Haverfordwest, Dyfed, SA62 3NX
- Turbines
- 2
- First operating
- 2017
Timeline
- 12 April 2013 Planning application submitted
- 10 March 2014 Planning permission refused
- 26 August 2014 Planning permission granted
- 26 August 2014 Appeal granted
- 15 August 2016 Construction started
- 15 March 2017 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-0874, Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in Wales, 55 km from this site.
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| EIR-0874 | 2026 | Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in Wales | 55 km | Significant |
| EIR-0790 | 2022 | Nordex attributes a Welsh wind turbine collapse to an overspeed condition | 104 km | Major |
| EIR-0794 | 2022 | Wind turbine collapses at Pant-y-Wal wind farm near Gilfach Goch | 107 km | Significant |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Lawrence Landfill 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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