Scout Moor Windfarm (65 MW)
Scout Moor Windfarm is a 65 MW wind farm project in Rossendale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 June 2008; the record was last updated on 27 February 2018.
65 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
27 February 2018record last updated
Rossendalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 June 2003 | Application submitted |
| 25 May 2005 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 September 2007 | Construction started |
| 1 June 2008 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 65 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 27 February 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Munich Re (previously Peel)
- Planning authority
- Rossendale
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Turbines
- 26
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Scout Moor , off Edenfield Road , Rochdale
- Council area (by location)
- Rossendale
- Time to decision
- 99 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3177
Who decides
Rossendale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scout Moor Windfarm (extension) | wind farm | 36.8 | refused | <0.1 |
| Rochdale Road, Edenfield | battery storage | 85 | refused | 2.3 |
| Rooley Moor | wind farm | 39.6 | appeal withdrawn | 4.1 |
| Park Road Battery Storage | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Hogshead Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.1 | refused | 7.4 |
| Reaps Moss Wind Farm | wind farm | 10.2 | operational | 7.5 |
| Todmorden Moor | wind farm | 12.3 | operational | 8.0 |
| Gorpley Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.2 | appeal withdrawn | 8.1 |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 (53.669, -2.2679).