Planning application · Onshore wind · Newark and Sherwood
Lindhurst Wind Farm
Operational15 MWApplication 06/01014/FULMSubmitted 1 June 2006Granted 21 September 2007
The application
- Application number
- 06/01014/FULM
- Planning authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- County or area
- Nottinghamshire
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 15 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Npower Renewables
- Location
- Lindhurst, South of Mansfield
- Turbines
- 5
- First operating
- 2010
Timeline
- 1 June 2006 Planning application submitted
- 21 September 2007 Planning permission granted
- 1 January 2010 Construction started
- 4 November 2010 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-0732, Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farm, 81 km from this site.
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| EIR-0732 | 2026 | Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farm | 81 km | Minor |
| EIR-2021 | 2022 | Wind turbine catches fire near Thorney in Lincolnshire | 89 km | Significant |
| EIR-0923 | 2009 | Wind turbine blade detaches at Conisholme wind farm in Lincolnshire after bolt failure | 89 km | Significant |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Lindhurst 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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