Heysham South Wind Farm (7.5 MW)
Heysham South Wind Farm is a 7.5 MW wind farm project in Lancaster, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 24 April 2015; the record was last updated on 5 May 2015.
7.5 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
5 May 2015record last updated
Lancastercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 July 2011 | Application submitted |
| 28 November 2012 | Planning permission granted |
| 4 August 2014 | Construction started |
| 24 April 2015 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 7.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 5 May 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- Lancaster
- Planning application reference
- 11/00689/FUL
- Turbines
- 3
- Address (REPD)
- Lancaster Morecambe Bypass, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Lancashire
- Council area (by location)
- Lancaster
- Time to decision
- 70 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4174
Who decides
| Applications | Lancaster | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Farm, Lancaster Road | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Bay Gateway | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.1 |
| Heysham Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Lancaster Power Extension, Middleton Road Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Middleton Clean Energy Plant | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Fanny House Farm, Bay Gateway | battery storage | 940 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Fanny House Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.2 |
| Arna Wood Solar | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 3.1 |
| Port Of Heysham Wind Farm | wind farm | 9 | application withdrawn | 3.5 |
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 (54.0342, -2.865).