Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Windy Bank Windfarm
Windy Bank Windfarm is a cancelled power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Banks Renewables.
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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land to north of the village of Woodland, south of Windy Bank Road | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission 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 | 5 Aug 2011 (reference CMA/6/48, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 May 2015 (refused, reference CMA/6/48, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Banks Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 4 units (3.5 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 | 54.6499, -1.8890 | 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 (planning authority County Durham, reference CMA/6/48)
- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference CMA/6/48)
How it compares
Windy Bank Windfarm is the 838th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,490th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14 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 | 838th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,490th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,490th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 256 grid connections (127 operating, 1,210 MW), 162 substations and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 42.75 MW grid connection at Bluestone Farm PV | Grid connection | 42.8 MW | Planned | 7.0 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 62.5 MW grid connection at Bucks Head Hybrid | Grid connection | 62.5 MW | Planned | 8.3 km |
| Generation 1.425 MW grid connection at Harmire Bridge | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Harmire Bridge | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Toronto | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Toronto 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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- Kype Muir Wind Farm Extension67.2 MW
- Lethans Wind Farm Extension66 MW · permitted
- Birneyknowe Wind Farm60 MW
- Middle Muir Wind Farm51 MW
- Barnsdale Road Solar Park - Battery Energy Storage40 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- 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.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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