Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Wood Lane
Wood Lane is a cancelled power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 32.2 MW of capacity, operated by ProWind Gateforth Wind Farm GMBH and Co KG.
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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Birkin, Knottingly, West Yorks, WF11 9LU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |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 | 1 Jul 2009 (reference 09/0393/FUL, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Dec 2015 (withdrawn, reference 09/0393/FUL, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ProWind Gateforth Wind Farm GMBH and Co KG | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 32.2 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 14 units (2.3 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 | 53.7387, -1.1828 | 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference 09/0393/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference 09/0393/FUL)
How it compares
Wood Lane is the 370th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 699th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 32.2 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 | 370th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 699th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,689th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 447 grid connections (228 operating, 2,570 MW), 377 substations, 11 data centers and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 200 MW grid connection at NEL Hunter Direct | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Solar 20 MW grid connection at Weeland Road PV | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| Solar 49.95 MW grid connection at Hillam Solar Farm | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Beal | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Weeland Road | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Eggborough | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 19 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.
- 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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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