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Highfield Farm, Bigrigg, Egremont

4/24/2334/0F1Approved

Approved on 16 October 2025

Council decision: APPROVE

Proposal

REMOVAL OF EXISTING WIND TURBINE AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT WIND TURBINE, UP TO 76M BLADE TIP HEIGHT, WITH ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT

Submitted
30 September 2024
Council
Copeland
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 381 days

About this application

This is a planning application at HIGHFIELD FARM, BIGRIGG, EGREMONT. Copeland has handled 1,031 applications of this type. This one was decided in 381 days, 46 weeks longer than Copeland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Application details

Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Bees

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2024

Additional information

Documents
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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    30 Sep

    REMOVAL OF EXISTING WIND TURBINE AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT WIND TURBINE, UP TO 76M BLADE TIP HEIGHT, WITH…

    This applicationApprovedApplication4/24/2334/0F1

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