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Fen Farm
Fen Farm is an operational 16 MW onshore wind farm in East Lindsey, generating since 17 April 2008. Planning permission was granted on 29 November 2004, 16 months after submission. Operator of record: Ecotricity.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 24 July 2003 |
| Permission granted | 29 November 2004 16 months after submission |
| Operational | 17 April 2008 41 months after consent |
Screening a site of your own?
East Lindsey 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.
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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.
East Lindsey’s record on onshore wind
East Lindsey has decided 14 onshore wind schemes and approved 50%, taking a median of 15.9 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in East Lindsey →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.1 | 3.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 16.4 | 9.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4.6 | 10.4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 16.4 | 10.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.5 | 11.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.5 | 15 km |
How big is Fen Farm?
Fen Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 16 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 Fen Farm?
REPD records the operator as Ecotricity. 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 Fen Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 24 July 2003. Permission was granted on 29 November 2004, 16 months later. The site became operational on 17 April 2008, 41 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 3449.
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