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Hare Hill (B)
Hare Hill (B) is an operational 2.7 MW onshore wind farm in County Durham, generating since 2 July 2004. Planning permission was granted on 1 March 1997, 35 months after submission. Operator of record: Powergen.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 1 April 1994 |
| Permission granted | 1 March 1997 35 months after submission |
| Operational | 2 July 2004 88 months after consent |
Screening a site of your own?
County Durham approves 63% 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.
County Durham’s record on onshore wind
County Durham has decided 30 onshore wind schemes and approved 63%, taking a median of 10.5 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in County Durham →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1.3 | 0 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 10 | 0.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 3.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 1.34 | 3.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.5 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 5.2 | 4.6 km |
Battery · Operational | 49 | 4.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 5.2 | 4.9 km |
How big is Hare Hill (B)?
Hare Hill (B) has a recorded installed capacity of 2.7 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 Hare Hill (B)?
REPD records the operator as Powergen. 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 Hare Hill (B) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 1 April 1994. Permission was granted on 1 March 1997, 35 months later. The site became operational on 2 July 2004, 88 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 3110.
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