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Knabs Ridge Wind Farm Penny Pot Lane Hampsthwaite North Yorkshire

Awaiting decision Yorkshire Dales National Park 26/03379/SCOPE Env Impact Assessment Scoping opinion

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Proposal

Requesting a formal Scoping Opinion for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the forthcoming variation of planning permission to extend the life of the operational Knabs Ridge Wind Farm.

As published by the council, reference 26/03379/SCOPE

Application record

Reference
26/03379/SCOPE
Type
Env Impact Assessment Scoping opinion
Status
Registered
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
Washburn & Birstwith
Parish
Felliscliffe

Site history

Applications at this address on the Yorkshire Dales National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • 25/03459/SCREEN Decided

    Knabs Ridge Wind Farm Penny Pot Lane Hampsthwaite North Yorkshire

    Screening Opinion for extension of Knabs Ridge Wind Farm for a period of up to 5 years.

    Decided 6 Nov 2025 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Jun 2026

    Received by Yorkshire Dales National Park

  2. 3 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Yorkshire Dales National Park took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

20 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Yorkshire Dales National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Yorkshire Dales National Park decided outline applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

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