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Askam
Askam is an operational 4.6 MW onshore wind farm in Westmorland and Furness, generating since 13 July 1999. Planning permission was granted on 6 October 1997, 31 months after submission. Operator of record: Cannock Renewables.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 13 March 1995 |
| Permission granted | 6 October 1997 31 months after submission |
| Operational | 13 July 1999 21 months after consent |
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Westmorland and Furness approves 35% 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.
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Westmorland and Furness’s record on onshore wind
Westmorland and Furness has decided 17 onshore wind schemes and approved 35%, taking a median of 16.8 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Westmorland and Furness →
Other built sites within 15 km
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|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.5 | 2.1 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.2 | 3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.5 | 3.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 11.5 | 3.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 6.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4.8 | 8.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 49 | 8.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.2 | 9.6 km |
How big is Askam?
Askam has a recorded installed capacity of 4.6 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Askam?
REPD records the operator as Cannock Renewables. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Askam approved and built?
The application was submitted on 13 March 1995. Permission was granted on 6 October 1997, 31 months later. The site became operational on 13 July 1999, 21 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 3391.
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