Planning application · Onshore wind · Breckland

Swaffham 1 - Ecotech Wind Park

Operational1.5 MWSubmitted 2 March 1998Granted 19 February 1999

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The application

Planning authority: Breckland
County or area: Norfolk
Nation: England
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 1.5 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: LRZ Ltd (Taken over by NOVERA)
Location: East of West Acre Road Swaffham Norfolk
Turbines: 1
First operating: 1999

Timeline

2 March 1998 Planning application submitted
19 February 1999 Planning permission granted
16 August 1999 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-0895, Wind turbine catches fire at Doddington wind farm after storms, 46 km from this site.

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EIR-0895	2018	Wind turbine catches fire at Doddington wind farm after storms	46 km	Significant
EIR-2021	2022	Wind turbine catches fire near Thorney in Lincolnshire	53 km	Significant
EIR-1275	2022	Fire damages Siemens Gamesa turbine at French Farm wind farm	59 km	Significant
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In the full pack

What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Swaffham 1 - Ecotech Wind Park 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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