Hay Close Wind Farm (10 MW)
Hay Close Wind Farm is a 10 MW wind farm project in Westmorland and Furness, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: appeal withdrawn; the record was last updated on 29 October 2015.
10 MWwind farm
appeal withdrawnstatus in REPD
29 October 2015record last updated
Westmorland and Furnesscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 July 2014 | Application submitted |
| 16 October 2014 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 29 June 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 29 October 2015 | Appeal withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- appeal withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 29 October 2015
- Operator or applicant
- REG Windpower
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning application reference
- 14/0637
- Appeal reference
- APP/H0928/W/15/3017315
- Turbines
- 4
- Address (REPD)
- Hay Close Farm, between Low Braithwaite and Calthwaite in Cumbria.
- Council area (by location)
- Westmorland and Furness
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4473
Who decides
| Applications | Westmorland and Furness | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 42 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 14 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 9 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Panels at Devonshire Square | solar farm | 30 | refused | 2.3 |
| Land at Calthwaite | battery storage | 6 | permission expired | 2.9 |
| Land at Skelton Radio Transmitter Site | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 4.5 |
| Town End Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 5.2 |
| Roxane UK, Armathwaite Solar Array & Battery Storage | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Land at Wreay | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.4 |
| Lamonby Wind Farm | wind farm | 27 | application withdrawn | 7.3 |
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 (54.7651, -2.8619).