Wharrels Hill Wind Farm (10.4 MW)
Wharrels Hill Wind Farm is a 10.4 MW wind farm project in Cumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 7 August 2007; the record was last updated on 6 May 2009.
10.4 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
6 May 2009record last updated
Cumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 December 2000 | Application submitted |
| 19 June 2002 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 April 2007 | Construction started |
| 7 August 2007 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 10.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 6 May 2009
- Operator or applicant
- Wharrels Hill Windfarm Ltd/ National Windpower
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning application reference
- 2/2001/0008
- Appeal reference
- APP/G0908/A/01/1075972
- Turbines
- 8
- Address (REPD)
- Wharrels Hill Bothel Cumbria
- Council area (by location)
- Cumberland
- Time to decision
- 78 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2618
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharrels Hill | solar farm | 14.6 | appeal withdrawn | 1.0 |
| Threapland Lees | wind farm | 12 | application withdrawn | 2.7 |
| Tallentire Hill | wind farm | 12 | operational | 5.7 |
| West Farm, Aspatria | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 6.0 |
| Aspatria | solar farm | 19 | operational | 6.9 |
| Warwick Hall | wind farm | 12 | refused | 7.5 |
| Lancarr | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawn | 7.6 |
| Westnewton | wind farm | 6.2 | operational | 7.8 |
| High Pow Extension | wind farm | 16 | application withdrawn | 8.5 |
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 (54.7231, -3.2746).