Power plant · Burnley, England, United Kingdom

New Barn Farm

New Barn Farm is a power plant in Burnley, England, United Kingdom, with 4.5 MW of capacity.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Burnley (coordinates), England	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (operational)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	2007	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Onshore or offshore	Onshore	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date	23 Feb 2004 (permit APP/2002/0516, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Burnley)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	2 Sept 2002 (reference APP/2002/0516, planning authority Burnley)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	18 Mar 2003 (refused, reference APP/2002/0516, planning authority Burnley)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	23 Feb 2004 (appeal granted, reference APP/2002/0516, planning authority Burnley)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	23 Feb 2004 (granted, reference APP/2002/0516, planning authority Burnley)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	4.5 MW	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	3 units (1.5 MW per unit)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Wind Onshore	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.7741, -2.3005	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

1 Feb 2007Commissioned
23 Feb 2004Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Burnley, reference APP/2002/0516)
23 Feb 2004Permit granted (planning authority Burnley, reference APP/2002/0516)
18 Mar 2003Permit refused (planning authority Burnley, reference APP/2002/0516)
2 Sept 2002Permit applied for (planning authority Burnley, reference APP/2002/0516)

How it compares

New Barn Farm is the 2,279th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,402nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
England	2,279th of 3,430	71,965 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	3,402nd of 5,050	115,622 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	9,118th of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

2007Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 503 substations, 472 grid connections (262 operating, 2,228 MW), 18 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Hameldon Hill Wind Farm 1 grid connection	Grid connection	6 MW	Operating	0.3 km
Hameldon Hill Wind Farm 2 grid connection	Grid connection	6 MW	Operating	0.3 km
Hambledon Hill WF grid connection	Grid connection	9 MW	Planned	1.0 km
Huncoat BSP	Substation	—	—	2.1 km
COG Lane	Substation	—	—	2.8 km
Padiham BSP	Substation	—	—	2.9 km
Lloyds Banking Group Copley	Data center	—	—	28 km
Data center, England (OSM way 403124345)	Data center	—	—	28 km
Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park	Data center	—	—	30 km

Place

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Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.