Brownrigg Hall Wind Farm (11.5 MW)
Brownrigg Hall Wind Farm is an 11.5 MW wind farm project in Cumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 5 April 2007; the record was last updated on 11 April 2007.
11.5 MWwind farm
refusedstatus in REPD
11 April 2007record last updated
Cumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 July 2006 | Application submitted |
| 5 April 2007 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 11.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 11 April 2007
- Operator or applicant
- Nuon Renewables
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Turbines
- 5
- Address (REPD)
- Brownrigg Hall Edderside Cumbria
- Council area (by location)
- Cumberland
- Time to decision
- 38 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2933
Who decides
| Applications | Cumberland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 91 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (33%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 32 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 25 of 45 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 14 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Newton | solar farm | 5 | refused | 0.7 |
| Lancarr | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawn | 2.2 |
| Warwick Hall | wind farm | 12 | refused | 2.5 |
| Westnewton | wind farm | 6.2 | operational | 2.5 |
| Westnewton (withdrawn) | wind farm | 10 | application withdrawn | 2.5 |
| West Farm, Aspatria | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Aspatria | solar farm | 19 | operational | 4.0 |
| Threapland Lees | wind farm | 12 | application withdrawn | 7.1 |
| Park Head Farm | wind farm | 7.8 | refused | 8.1 |
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 (54.783, -3.3854).