Lillyhall Wind Farm (9.2 MW)
Lillyhall Wind Farm is a 9.2 MW wind farm project in Cumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 28 February 2014; the record was last updated on 2 December 2015.
9.2 MWwind farm
refusedstatus in REPD
2 December 2015record last updated
Cumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 October 2012 | Application submitted |
| 28 February 2014 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 14 April 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 3 November 2015 | Secretary of State refused |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 9.2 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 2 December 2015
- Operator or applicant
- FCC Environment
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning application reference
- 02/2012/9011
- Appeal reference
- APP/H0900/A/14/2224323
- Turbines
- 4
- Address (REPD)
- Lillyhall Landfill Site, Cumbria
- Council area (by location)
- Cumberland
- Time to decision
- 69 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3794
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Pot Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | operational | 0.9 |
| Moorhouse Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.5 |
| Winscales Phase I and II | wind farm | 8.8 | operational | 2.1 |
| Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 150 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Fairfield Farm | wind farm | 6.5 | operational | 3.6 |
| Winscales Moor | wind farm | 6 | operational | 3.6 |
| Fairfield Farm | wind farm | 7.8 | application withdrawn | 3.6 |
| Weddicar Rigg Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | refused on appeal | 5.7 |
| Oldside Wind Farm | wind farm | 5.4 | operational | 6.3 |
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 (54.6103, -3.5081).