Norton Community Wind Turbines (5 MW)
Norton Community Wind Turbines is a 5 MW wind farm project in Doncaster, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 9 March 2017; the record was last updated on 31 March 2017.
5 MWwind farm
refusedstatus in REPD
31 March 2017record last updated
Doncastercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 August 2012 | Application submitted |
| 9 March 2017 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 31 March 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Origin Energy CIC
- Planning authority
- Doncaster
- Planning application reference
- 12/02140/FUL
- Turbines
- 2
- Address (REPD)
- Greengate Road, Norton, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN6
- Council area (by location)
- Doncaster
- Time to decision
- 237 weeks
- Name in REPD
- NORTON COMMUNITY WIND TURBINES
- REPD reference
- 4296
Who decides
| Applications | Doncaster | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 43 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (7%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 27 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 11 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Askern Colliery solar farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.8 |
| Moorhouse Grange, Moorhouse Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 5.9 |
| Hampole Wind Farm | wind farm | 8 | operational | 6.5 |
| Long Lands Lane | battery storage | 12 | abandoned | 6.8 |
| Leys Lane | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 6.9 |
| Darrington Quarry | wind farm | 16 | application withdrawn | 7.1 |
| Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 7.9 |
| Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 7.9 |
| The Balk, Almholme | battery storage | 1,025 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
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 (53.6264, -1.2023).