Win the job from new wind turbine planning applications
2,432 Wind Turbine applications on record across the UK
Sample Wind Turbine applications
- 2025/93158KirkleesDischarge of details reserved by conditions 4 (external facing materials), 15 (CEMP), 32 (charging electric vehicles) on previous permission 2023/90668 for demolition of existing buildings; erection and operation of single building comprising Sui Generis land use limited to the purpose of storage, assembly, sale and distribution of custom-built computers, laptops and their components as well as any associated development (those being replacement wind turbine, utility provision, drainage, access, hard and soft landscaping) within the red-line boundary alongside business operations pursuant to the effective administration of the Sui Generis use
- LA09/2025/1171/FMid UlsterReplacement of existing wind turbine (approved under M2014/0139/F) with a Vestas V44 wind turbine comprising of a 53m tower and blade span of 22m (overall tip height of 75m)
- PA25/08501CornwallRepower an existing single wind turbine by a replacement turbine up to a maximum 84m tower, and maximum 115m tip height and replacement of existing substation and transformer housing
Every wind turbine contract starts as a planning application. The farmer adding a single turbine, the business cutting its energy bills, the developer lining up an onshore wind scheme: each one files with the council before they pick a contractor. That is your moment. Get in early and you are the first firm they speak to, not the fifth name on a tender list.
Planning Signal puts these projects in front of you the moment they go public. You see the site address, the description of the work and the people behind it while the applicant is still deciding who to hire. You call first, you quote first, and you land the work before rivals know it exists.
More than 2,400 turbine projects are already on your map
We hold more than 2,400 wind turbine applications from 400+ councils across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. That is a live picture of where turbines are going up, who is building them and which agents keep winning the permissions. Use it to pick your territory, spot repeat applicants and fill your diary with renewable energy work you found yourself.
What counts as a Wind Turbine application
A wind turbine application is any request to put up, extend, replace or change a turbine. Each type points you at a different job and a different buyer, and you receive them all.
Single turbines put you straight in front of the owner
Farms, rural businesses, industrial estates and schools apply for one or two turbines to cut their energy bills. The applicant is the person paying. They need groundworks, a foundation, cabling, a grid connection and an installer, and they have not picked any of them yet.
Onshore wind farms bring months of contract work
Multi-turbine schemes need access tracks, crane pads, substations, cable routes, ecology work and abnormal load haulage. Reach the developer and their agent at application stage and you are on the shortlist for every package.
Repowering schemes reward the firms who move fast
When an operator swaps older turbines for taller, more powerful machines, it files a fresh application. That means new foundations, new cabling and the removal of the old kit: a full job for contractors who get there first.
Variations and extensions flag projects about to spend
Applications to change tip height, rotor size or layout, or to extend a permission before it lapses, tell you a scheme is moving towards construction. These are the projects about to sign contracts.
Small turbines fill the diary between big jobs
Homeowners, community groups and smallholdings apply for small turbines too. Each one is a quick, profitable install for a local firm that calls before anyone else.
Who tracks Wind Turbine applications
Every firm on a wind turbine project wins the work the same way: by speaking to the applicant before the decisions are made. Here is how each one turns an application into a signed job.
Civil contractors land the first package on site
Access tracks, turbine bases and crane hardstandings come first. Contractors who call the developer at application stage price the civils before anyone else is asked, and their number becomes the benchmark.
Electrical contractors own the grid connection
Every turbine needs cabling, switchgear and a connection to the network. Spot the application, contact the agent and you become the electrical partner written into the plan.
Manufacturers and suppliers win the order before procurement opens
The application fixes the tip height and the class of turbine. Turbine makers, tower suppliers and component distributors who reach the applicant while the scheme is in planning get their product named and their order placed.
Architects and consultants win the next stage
Planning consultants, ecologists, noise specialists and landscape architects find developers who need help with conditions, appeals and resubmissions. One good job on a scheme brings the next one from the same applicant.
Hauliers, crane firms and maintenance providers book work months ahead
Abnormal load hauliers, crane hire firms and service engineers read applications to see which sites go live next. They lock in delivery dates, lifts and long service contracts while rivals wait for the tender.
How Planning Signal helps with Wind Turbine applications
Leads sends you new wind turbine applications the day councils publish them, in one email a day. Set your keywords, choose nationwide or pick the areas you work in, and the projects arrive ready to act on. These are wind energy leads you turn into calls the same morning.
Every lead gives you what you need to make the call
- The planning reference, site address and council
- The description of the work and the application type
- Key dates and decision status
- A link to the council's own record
- The applicant, agent firm and business contact wherever the council publishes them
You cover exactly the ground you work
Pick up to 5 areas. Each one is a radius of up to 75 miles from a postcode or town, or a whole council. Work the whole country instead and you see every new scheme, from a single farm turbine to a full wind farm.
You track every project from first call to signed contract
The built-in lead pipeline records who you contacted, who you quoted and what you won. Leads also includes everything in Research: search, advanced filters and CSV export. Planning Signal covers every kind of planning application, so the same account serves every other line of work you take on.
Leads costs £49 + VAT a month. That is the price of getting in first on every scheme in your patch.
Watching your own patch? Get free alerts
Anyone can get free email alerts for planning applications near an address, postcode, town or council. Know the moment a turbine is proposed next door.
Frequently asked questions
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Looking for a step-by-step guide?
The statistics and application data above track live planning submissions. For a practical how-to guide (including what forms to submit, timelines, costs and exemptions), see our dedicated planning guide:
Wind Turbine: Complete Planning Guide →