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High Sharpley Wind Farm
High Sharpley Wind Farm is an operational 2.6 MW onshore wind farm in County Durham, generating since 1 December 2006. Planning permission was granted on 13 June 2002, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light & Power).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 9 April 2002 |
| Permission granted | 13 June 2002 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 December 2006 54 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
- Conservation area — Seaham
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 | 7.5 | 4.2 km |
Battery · Operational | 49 | 5.7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 3 | 5.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8.2 | 5.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3 | 7.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 7.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 1.34 | 8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4 | 8.4 km |
How big is High Sharpley Wind Farm?
High Sharpley Wind Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 2.6 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 High Sharpley Wind Farm?
REPD records the operator as REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light & 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 Sharpley Wind Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 9 April 2002. Permission was granted on 13 June 2002, 2 months later. The site became operational on 1 December 2006, 54 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 3092.
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