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High Pow Farm
High Pow Farm is an operational 3.9 MW onshore wind farm in Cumberland, generating since 15 March 2007. Planning permission was granted on 7 October 2004, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light and Power).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 16 July 2004 |
| Permission granted | 7 October 2004 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 15 March 2007 29 months after consent |
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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.
Cumberland’s record on onshore wind
Cumberland has decided 38 onshore wind schemes and approved 66%, taking a median of 10.3 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Cumberland →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 19 | 8.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 10.4 | 9.1 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 5 | 9.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 6.2 | 10 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1 | 10.1 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 11.7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.3 | 11.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 9.2 | 12.3 km |
How big is High Pow Farm?
High Pow Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 3.9 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 High Pow Farm?
REPD records the operator as REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light and Power). 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 High Pow Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 16 July 2004. Permission was granted on 7 October 2004, 3 months later. The site became operational on 15 March 2007, 29 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 4029.
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