Planning application · Onshore wind · West Northamptonshire

Watford Gap Wind Farm

Application Refused10 MWApplication DA/2011/0850Submitted 13 October 2011Refused 23 April 2014

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The application

Application number: DA/2011/0850
Planning authority: West Northamptonshire
County or area: Northamptonshire
Nation: England
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 10 MW
Status: Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant: Gamesa Energy
Location: south of Watford, and north-west of the village of Long Buckby, and to the east of the M1 motorway
Turbines: 5

Timeline

13 October 2011 Planning application submitted
23 April 2014 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-1578, Wind turbine fire near Chumleigh in Devon, 72 km from this site.

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EIR-1578	2024	Wind turbine fire near Chumleigh in Devon	72 km	Significant
EIR-1275	2022	Fire damages Siemens Gamesa turbine at French Farm wind farm	73 km	Significant
EIR-2021	2022	Wind turbine catches fire near Thorney in Lincolnshire	77 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 Watford Gap 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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