Former Woolfox Lodge Airfield (27 MW wind farm)
Former Woolfox Lodge Airfield is a 27 MW wind farm project in Rutland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 16 December 2015; the record was last updated on 28 June 2016.
27 MWwind farm
refusedstatus in REPD
28 June 2016record last updated
Rutlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 February 2015 | Application submitted |
| 16 December 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 27 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 28 June 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
- Planning authority
- Rutland
- Planning application reference
- 2014/1003/MAJ
- Turbines
- 9
- Turbine height
- 130 m
- Address (REPD)
- Former Woolfox Lodge Airfield, Woolfox Wind Farm, Stretton, Oakham, Leicestershire
- Council area (by location)
- Rutland
- Time to decision
- 44 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5011
Who decides
| Applications | Rutland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 11 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolfox Quarry | solar farm | 36.7 | permission expired | 0.7 |
| Exton Lane, Burley Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Ketton solar farm | solar farm | 9 | operational | 7.0 |
| Mallard Pass Solar Farm | solar farm | 350 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
| Home Farm Solar PV Farm | solar farm | 28 | approved, not built | 9.8 |
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 (52.7062, -0.5795).