Edder Acres Farm (5 MW wind farm)
Edder Acres Farm is a 5 MW wind farm project in County Durham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 2 June 2006; the record was last updated on 9 June 2010.
5 MWwind farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
9 June 2010record last updated
County Durhamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 December 2004 | Application submitted |
| 13 October 2005 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 13 February 2006 | Appeal lodged |
| 2 June 2006 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 9 June 2010
- Operator or applicant
- A7 Energy, 42 Shepherd St, London
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning application reference
- HIST/2004/1823
- Appeal reference
- APP/H1325/A/06/2008033
- Turbines
- 2
- Address (REPD)
- Shotton , Shotton colliery to the north and Bracken hill industrial estate to west off an unclassified road on the B1280
- Council area (by location)
- County Durham
- Time to decision
- 42 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3234
Who decides
| Applications | County Durham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 51 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 13 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 5 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: County Durham, Durham.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Pit Green Energy Park | battery storage | 1,000 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| Haswell Moor | wind farm | 10 | operational | 2.1 |
| Harehill Farm, Haswell Plough Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 31.5 | refused | 2.5 |
| Hackworth Road, North West Industrial Estate | solar farm | 15.4 | application submitted | 2.8 |
| Peterlee Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Southern Law | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 4.3 |
| Trimdon Grange | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 4.8 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 4.9 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 4.9 |
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 (54.7507, -1.3894).