Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm (59.8 MW)
Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm is a 59.8 MW wind farm project in Folkestone and Hythe, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 June 2009; the record was last updated on 9 July 2009.
59.8 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
9 July 2009record last updated
Folkestone and Hythecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 November 2002 | Application submitted |
| 18 October 2005 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 18 October 2005 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 October 2005 | Appeal allowed |
| 1 July 2008 | Construction started |
| 1 June 2009 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 59.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 9 July 2009
- Operator or applicant
- RWE npower
- Planning authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Planning application reference
- YO2/1278/SH
- Turbines
- 26
- Address (REPD)
- Little Cheyne Court, Romney Marsh Near Lydd Kent
- Council area (by location)
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Time to decision
- 151 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3096
Who decides
Folkestone and Hythe has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agney Farm | wind farm | 8 | appeal withdrawn | 3.0 |
| Sycamore Farm | solar farm | 20 | operational | 4.9 |
| Martin Farm, St. Marys Road | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
| St Mary in the Marsh | solar farm | 16 | application submitted | 7.0 |
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 (50.9638, 0.8227).