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Onshore wind planning in Swindon
Swindon has decided 1 onshore wind scheme and approved 0% of them, taking a median of 15.2 months to decide.
⚠️ Small caseload (1 decided). Percentages here move a lot with one more decision — read them as indicative, not as a reliable rate.
How Swindon compares
Against the 75 UK authorities with 5+ onshore wind decisions, Swindon sits in the 0th percentile for approval rate (68 points below the UK average) and the 42nd percentile for speed.
Screening a site of your own?
Swindon approves 0% 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 (1)
| Scheme | MW | Status | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
Honda wind Farm Honda / Ecotricity · S/10/1073 · 15.2 mo to decide | 6.9 | Application Refused | 2011-10-19 |
Does Swindon approve onshore wind schemes?
Yes — of the 1 onshore wind schemes Swindon has decided, 0% were approved (0 granted, 1 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 Swindon?
The median time from application to decision is 15.2 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 Swindon consented?
0 MW has been consented across 0 approved schemes, with 7 MW refused. There are no applications currently awaiting a decision.
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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 Approval rate is over decided applications only (approved ÷ approved+refused); withdrawn and undecided schemes are excluded.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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