Bears Down Wind Farm (22.5 MW)
Bears Down Wind Farm is a 22.5 MW wind farm project in Cornwall, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 1 February 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 29 February 2024. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 February 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 22.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 29 February 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Clean Earth Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Cornwall
- Planning application reference
- PA23/10324
- Turbines
- 5
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- Bears Down Reservoir, St Colomb
- Council area (by location)
- Cornwall
- REPD reference
- 15407
Who decides
| Applications | Cornwall | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 225 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 49 (22%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 31 of 159 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 15 of 39 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 27 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 23 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears Down Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.8 | operational | 2.9 |
| Denzell Downs Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | operational | 3.2 |
| Scotland Corner wind farm | wind farm | 15 | refused | 5.8 |
| Trekenning Farm Battery Storage Facility & Co-Op | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| St Columb Major | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Kernow Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.4 |
| St Columb Major Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | operational | 8.5 |
| Middle Treworder Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.3 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (50.4935, -4.9742).