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Extension To Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

Granted Burnley APP/2009/0756 Full Planning Application 16 wks

Works: Extension

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Construction of a wind farm extension comprising 3no. turbines, turbines 1 and 2 up to 110 metres in height to tip and turbine 3 up to 100m to tip, together with ancillary equipment including substation, site access, temporary construction compound and areas of hardstanding for an operational period of 25 years

As published by the council, reference APP/2009/0756

Application record

Reference
APP/2009/0756
Type
Full Planning Application 16 wks
Status
Permitted
Decision
Approve
Received
18 Dec 2009
Validated
14 Oct 2010
Decided
10 May 2011
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Burnley register

This site has had 3 applications since 2009: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • APP/2012/0279 Decided

    Extension To Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    Discharge of conditions, 9a (restoration), 9b (scheme of works, design and external appearance), 14(construction method statement), 15 (construction traffic management plan) of planning application (app/2009/0756)

    Decided 31 Aug 2012 Conditions
  • APP/2012/0270 Granted

    Extension To Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    Amendment to relocate substation building approx 60 metres South East of its consented position (in reference to planning application APP/2009/0756)

    Decided 14 Aug 2012 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Dec 2009

    Received by Burnley

  2. 14 Oct 2010

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 May 2011

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

5 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • APP/2013/0211 Granted

    Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Old Barn Farm Hapton Burnley Lancashire

    Rotation of the control substation building by 90 degrees to avoid sub-surface ground stability issues (in reference to planning permission APP/2009/0756)

    Decided 18 Jun 2013 Amendments
  • APP/2013/0120 Granted

    Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Old Barn Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    Re-siting of substation (in reference to planning permission APP/2009/0756)

    Decided 28 Mar 2013 Amendments
  • APP/2012/0279 Decided

    Extension To Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    Discharge of conditions, 9a (restoration), 9b (scheme of works, design and external appearance), 14(construction method statement), 15 (construction traffic management plan) of planning application (app/2009/0756)

    Decided 31 Aug 2012 Conditions
  • APP/2012/0270 Granted

    Extension To Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    Amendment to relocate substation building approx 60 metres South East of its consented position (in reference to planning application APP/2009/0756)

    Decided 14 Aug 2012 Amendments
  • APP/2011/0551 Decided

    Extension To Hameldon Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    Discharge of conditions 9c (TV reception); 13 (Archaeological Mitigation); 20 (Shadow Flicker); 25 (Biodiversity Method Statement) and 26 ( Badger Survey & Protection Scheme) of planning application APP/2009/0756 relating construction of wind farm extension comprising 3no turbines, turbine 1and 2 up to 110 metres in height to tip and turbine 3 up to 100m to tip, together with ancillary equipment including substation, site access, temporary construction compound and areas of hardstanding for an operational period of 25 years.

    Decided 1 Mar 2012 Conditions

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

45 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Burnley granted permission on 10 May 2011, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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  • Extension To Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    APP/2012/0279 Submitted 27 Jun 2012 1m away

    Discharge of conditions, 9a (restoration), 9b (scheme of works, design and external appearance), 14(construction method statement), 15 (construction traffic management plan) of planning application (app/2009/0756)

    Decided Conditions 8 docs

  • Extension To Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    APP/2012/0270 Submitted 18 Jun 2012 1m away

    Amendment to relocate substation building approx 60 metres South East of its consented position (in reference to planning application APP/2009/0756)

    Granted Amendments 2 docs

  • Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Old Barn Farm Hapton Burnley Lancashire

    APP/2013/0211 Submitted 1 May 2013 1m away

    Rotation of the control substation building by 90 degrees to avoid sub-surface ground stability issues (in reference to planning permission APP/2009/0756)

    Granted Amendments 3 docs

  • Extension To Hameldon Wind Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    APP/2011/0551 Submitted 10 Nov 2011 4m away

    Discharge of conditions 9c (TV reception); 13 (Archaeological Mitigation); 20 (Shadow Flicker); 25 (Biodiversity Method Statement) and 26 ( Badger Survey & Protection Scheme) of planning application APP/2009/0756 relating construction of wind farm extension comprising 3no turbines, turbine 1and 2 up to 110 metres in height to tip and turbine 3 up to 100m to tip, together with ancillary equipment including substation, site access, temporary construction compound and areas of hardstanding for an operational period of 25 years.

    Decided Conditions Extension 6 docs

  • Hameldon Hill Wind Farm Old Barn Farm Accrington Road Burnley Lancashire

    APP/2013/0120 Submitted 11 Mar 2013 4m away

    Re-siting of substation (in reference to planning permission APP/2009/0756)

    Granted Amendments 1 doc

  • Old Barn Farm Off Accrington Road Burnley BB11 5QJ

    APP/2013/0381 Submitted 13 Aug 2013 365m away

    Installation of 2no. wind turbines with a hub height of 32m and a height to blade tips of 47m with associated equipment.

    Refused Full applications 22 docs

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