The site was brought to Wind Prospect's attention by Pollock Associates, who represent the landowners.

In order for us to submit a planning application for the M1 Wind Farm, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) needs to be undertaken, which requires various environmental studies to assess potential impacts.

Many of these studies can only be undertaken at certain times of the year, and so in May 2009, the first EIA studies, ecology and ornithology, commenced. See Studies for more information on individual studies. 

An application for a temporary wind monitoring mast, or anemometer, was submitted to South Northamptonshire Council and validated on 9th September 2010.

Our planning application for a 60 metre high temporary wind monitoring mast was approved by South Northamptonshire Council. The mast will provide us with valuable information on wind speed and direction in this area, and will also aide in the noise impact assessment, where baseline noise information is correlated to wind speed and direction. The mast will be in place for a period of 2 years. 

We have now received a scoping opinion from South Nothamptonshire Council. The scoping opinion is a document that details all the information that the Council require to see in an Environmental Statement, in order to assess a planning application made for the M1 Wind Farm.

See here for more details on the planning process.

The temporary wind monitoring mast approved by South Northamptonshire Council was installed on site on the 30th November.

The planning application was validated on the 8th November 2011 by South Northamptonshire Council.