Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Thornholme Wind Farm

Thornholme Wind Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by Wind Prospect Developments.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Thornholme Fields, Rudston Road, Burton Agnes, East Riding Of Yorkshire	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Cancelled (appeal refused)	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	7 Sept 2011 (reference 11/03999/STPLFE, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	21 May 2014 (appeal refused, reference 11/03999/STPLFE, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	19 Dec 2012 (refused, reference 11/03999/STPLFE, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Wind Prospect Developments (applicant)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	12 MW	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	6 units (2 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	54.0703, -0.3028	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

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21 May 2014Permit refused (appeal refused, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 11/03999/STPLFE)
19 Dec 2012Permit refused (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 11/03999/STPLFE)
7 Sept 2011Permit applied for (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 11/03999/STPLFE)

How it compares

Thornholme Wind Farm is the 1,290th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 2,106th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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	1,290th of 4,035	134,434 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	2,106th of 5,834	200,500 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	9,432nd of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 136 grid connections (67 operating, 980 MW), 78 substations, 3 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
Manor Farm grid connection	Grid connection	36 MW	Planned	1.3 km
Wind 25.2 MW grid connection at Thornholme Wind Direct	Grid connection	25.2 MW	Planned	1.3 km
Waste 1.71 MW grid connection at Brett Street	Grid connection	1.71 MW	Operating	3.7 km
Brett Street	Substation	—	—	6.7 km
Martongate	Substation	—	—	8.7 km
Driffield	Substation	—	—	11 km
Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector	Transmission line	—	Cancelled	31 km
Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage	Gas storage facility	—	Planned	32 km
Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project	Transmission line	—	Planned	36 km

Operator and place

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Data on this page

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