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Cotton Farm
Cotton Farm is an operational 20 MW onshore wind farm in Huntingdonshire, generating since 31 March 2013. Planning permission was granted on 14 December 2010, 28 months after submission. Operator of record: Greencoat UK Wind.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 4 August 2008 |
| Permission granted | 14 December 2010 28 months after submission |
| Operational | 31 March 2013 28 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
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.
Huntingdonshire’s record on onshore wind
Huntingdonshire has decided 10 onshore wind schemes and approved 80%, taking a median of 13.9 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Huntingdonshire →
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How big is Cotton Farm?
Cotton Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 20 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 Cotton Farm?
REPD records the operator as Greencoat UK Wind. 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 Cotton Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 4 August 2008. Permission was granted on 14 December 2010, 28 months later. The site became operational on 31 March 2013, 28 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 3971.
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