Planning application · Onshore wind · Middlesbrough

Riverside Stadium

Planning Permission Expired1.5 MWApplication M/FP/0849/08/PSubmitted 16 May 2008Granted 7 July 2008

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The application

Application number: M/FP/0849/08/P
Planning authority: Middlesbrough
County or area: Cleveland
Nation: England
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 1.5 MW
Status: Planning Permission Expired
Operator or applicant: Empowering Wind
Location: Middlesbrough Football Club, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, TS3 6RS
Turbines: 1

Timeline

16 May 2008 Planning application submitted
7 July 2008 Planning permission granted
23 August 2016 Planning permission expired

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, 17 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1119	2019	Wind turbine fire at Butterwick Wind Farm near Sedgefield	17 km	Minor
EIR-0863	2017	Fire destroys single turbine at Knabs Ridge wind farm near Harrogate	68 km	Significant
EIR-1946	2022	Wind turbine fire sends black smoke across Hull	108 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 Riverside Stadium 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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