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Onshore wind planning in Peterborough
Peterborough has decided 4 onshore wind schemes and approved 50% of them, taking a median of 31.7 months to decide. Consented capacity: 30 MW. 1 application still awaiting a decision.
⚠️ Small caseload (4 decided). Percentages here move a lot with one more decision — read them as indicative, not as a reliable rate.
How Peterborough compares
Against the 75 UK authorities with 5+ onshore wind decisions, Peterborough sits in the 20th percentile for approval rate (18 points below the UK average) and the 4th 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 Withdrawn and still-undecided applications are excluded, so a short bar can mean a quiet year rather than a strict council.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?
Peterborough approves 50% 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 (9)
| Scheme | MW | Status | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
Willow Hall Farm REG Windpower · 14/01136/FUL | 10 | Application Withdrawn | 2015-11-11 |
Gores Wind Farm Peterborough Wind Energy · 13/00431/FUL | 16 | Application Withdrawn | 2015-10-28 |
Hundred Road Wind Turbines FCC Environment · F/YR11/0444/F · 41.2 mo to decide | 6 | Appeal Withdrawn | 2014-11-13 |
French Farm 2 (Extension) REG Windpower · 13/00933/FUL · 7.3 mo to decide | 8 | Application Refused | 2014-02-06 |
French Farm REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light and Power) · 08/01365/FUL · 22.1 mo to decide | 4 | Operational | 2010-09-10 |
Wryde Croft Renewable Energy Systems (RES) · 07/01411/FUL · 45 mo to decide | 26 | Operational | 2010-04-01 |
Nutsgrove Wind Farm WPR Wind Ltd · 06/01051/FUL · 44.8 mo to decide | 14.4 | Abandoned | 2010-04-01 |
French Farm Cornwall Light and Power · 04/00902/FUL | 4 | Revised | 2008-12-10 |
Morris Fen (Wind) Wind Prospect · 03/01247/FUL · 7.6 mo to decide | 16 | Application Refused | 2004-04-23 |
Does Peterborough approve onshore wind schemes?
Yes — of the 4 onshore wind schemes Peterborough has decided, 50% were approved (2 granted, 2 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 Peterborough?
The median time from application to decision is 31.7 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 Peterborough consented?
30 MW has been consented across 2 approved schemes, with 24 MW refused. A further 1 application awaits a decision.
Other technologies in Peterborough
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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