Westmill Wind Farm (6.5 MW)
Westmill Wind Farm is a 6.5 MW wind farm project in Vale of White Horse, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 January 2008; the record was last updated on 9 June 2010.
6.5 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
9 June 2010record last updated
Vale of White Horsecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 September 2000 | Application submitted |
| 7 July 2005 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 January 2008 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 6.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 9 June 2010
- Operator or applicant
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Planning application reference
- WAT/1611/9/00
- Turbines
- 5
- Address (REPD)
- Westmill Farm , Highworth Road , Watchfield , Swindon , Oxon
- Council area (by location)
- Vale of White Horse
- Time to decision
- 253 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3264
Recorded together with Westmill Farm (battery storage, approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Vale of White Horse | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 31 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 25 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.6 |
| Roves Farm (Solar) | solar farm | 12.7 | operational | 3.0 |
| Snowswick Lane, Coleshill Solar Farm | solar farm | 39.6 | application submitted | 3.5 |
| Sevor Farm | solar farm | 9.3 | operational | 4.3 |
| Queenslaine Farm, Highworth Road | battery storage | 66 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Corner Copse Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 4.9 |
| Honda wind Farm | wind farm | 6.9 | refused | 5.6 |
| Lynt Farm | solar farm | 27 | operational | 5.7 |
| Mount Pleasant Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 5.9 |
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 (51.6158, -1.6661).