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Coal Clough Wind Farm The Long Causeway Cliviger Lancashire

Granted Burnley APP/2009/0758 Full Planning Application 16 wks

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

Proposal

Reforming wind farm including dismantling and removal of 24 no. wind turbines and associated earthworks. Erection of 8 no. wind turbines with a maximum height to blade tip of 110m. Upgrading of access from the Long Causeway, upgrading of existing and construction of new on-site access tracks, construction of control building, erection of 1 no. power performance mast, construction of temporary construction compound and associated works.

As published by the council, reference APP/2009/0758

Application record

Reference
APP/2009/0758
Type
Full Planning Application 16 wks
Status
Permitted
Decision
Approve
Received
22 Dec 2009
Validated
22 Oct 2012
Decided
15 Jan 2013
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Burnley register

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

  • APP/2009/0603 Granted

    Coal Clough Wind Farm The Long Causeway Cliviger Lancashire

    Proposed erection of 1no. meteorological mast with a maximum height of 70m for the temporary period of two years

    Decided 12 Apr 2010 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Dec 2009

    Received by Burnley

  2. 22 Oct 2012

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 15 Jan 2013

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 27 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

6 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • APP/2014/0469 Granted

    Coal Clough Windfarm The Long Causeway Cliviger Lancashire

    Installation of CCTV camera and mast (in reference to planning permission APP/2009/0758)

    Decided 17 Dec 2014 Amendments
  • APP/2014/0468 Granted

    Coal Clough Wind Farm Access Track Red Lees Road/The Long Causeway Burnley Lancashire

    Use of access track to facilitate removal of legacy wind turbines (in reference to planning permission APP/2009/0758), including variation of Traffic Management Plan (APP/2013/0474)

    Decided 17 Nov 2014 Amendments
  • APP/2014/0281 Granted

    Coal Clough Windfarm The Long Causeway Cliviger Lancashire

    Amendment to allow to move mast from its consented position. ( In reference to planning application APP/2009/0758)

    Decided 20 Aug 2014 Amendments
  • APP/2013/0474 Decided

    Coal Clough Windfarm The Long Causeway Burnley Lancashire

    Discharge of conditions 11 (turbine finish) and 14 (traffic management plan) of planning permission APP/2009/0758; and, condition 3 (traffic management) of planning permission APP/2012/0318

    Decided 23 Dec 2013 Conditions
  • APP/2013/0393 Decided

    Coal Clough Windfarm The Long Causeway Cliviger Lancashire

    Discharge of condition 13 of planning permission APP/2009/0758 relating to Construction Method Statement

    Decided 12 Nov 2013 Conditions
  • APP/2013/0259 Decided

    Coal Clough Windfarm The Long Causeway Cliviger Lancashire

    Approval under conditions 9(b), (degradation of TV reception quality); 20 (shadow flicker assessment); 25 & 26 (ecological protection) relating to planning application APP/2009/0758.

    Decided 2 Sep 2013 Conditions

Documents

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

34 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Burnley granted permission on 15 January 2013, 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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