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Onshore wind planning in Calderdale
Calderdale has decided 3 onshore wind schemes and approved 100% of them, taking a median of 6.7 months to decide. Consented capacity: 40 MW. 3 applications still awaiting a decision.
⚠️ Small caseload (3 decided). Percentages here move a lot with one more decision — read them as indicative, not as a reliable rate.
How Calderdale compares
Against the 75 UK authorities with 5+ onshore wind decisions, Calderdale sits in the 98th percentile for approval rate (32 points above the UK average) and the 88th percentile for speed.
Decisions by year
Onshore wind decisions by the year the decision was issued (Renewable Energy Planning Database). Withdrawn and still-undecided applications are excluded, so a short bar can mean a quiet year rather than a strict council.
Screening a site of your own?
Calderdale approves 100% of onshore wind schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
Every recorded scheme (7)
| Scheme | MW | Status | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
Gorpley Wind Farm Kelda Water Services · 14/00126/WDF · 8 mo to decide | 9.2 | Appeal Withdrawn | 2014-10-07 |
Gorpley Wind Farm Kelda Water Services · 12/01355/WDF · 3 mo to decide | 15 | Revised | 2013-02-08 |
Ovenden Moor (Repower) Yorkshire Windpower · 12/00955/WDF · 3.5 mo to decide | 18 | Operational | 2012-11-16 |
Ovenden Moor (Repower) Yorkshire Windpower · 09/00073/WDF | 23 | Revised | 2012-04-23 |
Todmorden Moor Todmorden Moor Wind Farm Ltd · 10/01057/WDF · 6.7 mo to decide | 12.3 | Operational | 2011-04-01 |
Todmorden Moor Coronation Power · 07/00349/WDF · 9.1 mo to decide | 15 | Revised | 2007-11-23 |
Ovenden Moor Unknown · 91/00026 | 9.2 | Decommissioned | 1992-07-02 |
Does Calderdale approve onshore wind schemes?
Yes — of the 3 onshore wind schemes Calderdale has decided, 100% were approved (3 granted, 0 refused). The UK-wide rate for onshore wind is 68%. Note this is a small caseload, so treat the percentage as indicative rather than statistically robust.
How long does a onshore wind scheme application take in Calderdale?
The median time from application to decision is 6.7 months, against a UK median of 11.5 months for onshore wind. That is measured between the submission and decision dates recorded in REPD, so it reflects the whole determination period including any extensions.
How much onshore wind capacity has Calderdale consented?
40 MW has been consented across 3 approved schemes. A further 3 applications awaits a decision.
Other technologies in Calderdale
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0 — 2026 Q1 extract. Approval rate is over decided applications only (approved ÷ approved+refused); withdrawn and undecided schemes are excluded. A permission later expired still counts as approved because consent was granted. REPD covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above, is published quarterly, and does not record refusal reasons — so nothing here explains why a scheme was refused. Screening context for site selection, not planning advice.
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