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Welford Wind Farm south of South Kilworth Road near welford

2024/5135/SCOPScoping OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 May 2025

Council decision: EIA Scoping Opinion GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Scoping Opinion for full planning permission to develop a wind farm with battery storage, south of South Kilworth Road, near Welford. An underground cable route will also be required from the site to the point of connection to the distribution grid network and/or directly to large energy users in the local area. The underground cable route for the power export connection(s) will not form part of the planning application however an indicative route to the existing 33kV substation, located off Old Leicester Road, Rugby will be assessed as part of the environmental assessment.

Received
28 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brixworth Ward
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 186 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application at Welford Wind Farm south of South Kilworth Road near welford. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 186 days, 17 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Brixworth Ward.

84% of outline applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Clay Coton

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2024
Last date for comments
13 May 2025
Target decision date
4 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
158 days

Additional information

Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 14, West EndOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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

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Source: West Northamptonshire

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