Woolley Hill Wind Farm (10 MW)
Woolley Hill Wind Farm is a 10 MW wind farm project in Huntingdonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 April 2014; the record was last updated on 30 November 2016.
10 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
30 November 2016record last updated
Huntingdonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 November 2010 | Application submitted |
| 19 July 2011 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 23 March 2012 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 March 2012 | Appeal allowed |
| 17 March 2014 | Construction started |
| 30 April 2014 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 30 November 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Aviva
- Planning authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Planning application reference
- 1001741FUL
- Appeal reference
- 1100021REFUSL
- Turbines
- 4
- Address (REPD)
- North of the A14, between the villages of Ellington & Woolley
- Council area (by location)
- Huntingdonshire
- Time to decision
- 71 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4175
Who decides
| Applications | Huntingdonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 47 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 33 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rookery Farm, Kimbolton Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Rookery Farm, Kimbolton Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Rookery Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.3 | operational | 5.6 |
| Bicton Wind Farm | wind farm | 9 | refused | 6.0 |
| Bicton Industrial Park, Stow Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 8 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Common Barn Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.2 | operational | 7.1 |
| Vicarage Lane, Diddington Solar Arrays | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 8.2 |
| Abbots Ripton Solar Farm | solar farm | 24.7 | operational | 8.6 |
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 (52.3398, -0.308).