Hilltop Wind Farm (8.8 MW)
Hilltop Wind Farm is an 8.8 MW wind farm project in Cumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 5 July 2000; the record was last updated on 30 October 2011.
8.8 MWwind farm
refusedstatus in REPD
30 October 2011record last updated
Cumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 June 1999 | Application submitted |
| 5 July 2000 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 8.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 30 October 2011
- Operator or applicant
- Cumbria Wind Farms
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Address (REPD)
- Hilltop Farm Brocklebank Westward Wigton Cumbria
- Council area (by location)
- Cumberland
- Time to decision
- 54 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3490
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Pow Extension | wind farm | 16 | application withdrawn | 5.5 |
| Carwath Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.5 | refused | 6.0 |
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 (54.7635, -3.0972).