Power plant · East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
Orby Windfarm
Orby Windfarm is a cancelled wind power plant in East Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 11.7 MW of capacity, operated by Mark Caudwell Ltd.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Lindsey (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Orby Marsh Lane, Hogsthorpe, Skegness | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (secretary of state, refusal) | 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 |
| Application date | 24 Mar 2010 (reference N/084/00642/10, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Mar 2015 (secretary of state refused, reference N/084/00642/10, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Mar 2011 (refused, reference N/084/00642/10, planning authority East Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Mark Caudwell Ltd (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11.7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 9 units (1.3 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 | 53.1842, 0.2690 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (secretary of state refused, planning authority East Lindsey, reference N/084/00642/10)
- Permit refused (planning authority East Lindsey, reference N/084/00642/10)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Lindsey, reference N/084/00642/10)
How it compares
Orby Windfarm was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 11.7 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 23 grid connections (11 operating, 105 MW), 20 substations and 4 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossian Transmission Infrastructure | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 11 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 13 km |
| South Reston | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Wind 20 MW grid connection at Gayton le Marsh Windfarm | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Keddington Road | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Louth | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Solar 7.5 MW grid connection at Keddington Road | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.