The proposed Truthan Barton wind farm site, consisting of seven turbines, is 9km east of Perranporth in Cornwall. In 2009, Coronation submitted a planning application to the local planning authority, One Cornwall, and in 2010 Coronation appealed to the Planning Inspectorate for a decision on the project as One Cornwall had failed to determine the application within the required time period.

In January 2011, the Planning Inspector refused permission for the 7 turbine scheme but indicated in his decision that a smaller number of turbines on the site was likely to be permissible. Coronation is presently reviewing the details of the Inspector's decision to decide whether or not to make a revised application for a smaller scheme at Truthan Barton.

The site is owned by two landowners and they have been paid a nominal sum by Coronation Power to have an exclusive option agreement on the land and if wind turbines are built on their land, they would be paid an annual land rental fee based on a percentage of total revenue generated by the wind farm. This figure is based on industry standard fees.

We had been seeking panning permission for a wind farm of 7 turbines, with a maximum potential generating capacity of 17.5MW. Each turbine would have a maximum height of 120m to blade tip. If permitted, the wind farm would have the capacity to generate electricity for about 10,000 homes and would contributed towards meeting the South West and UK's renewable energy targets.

A study of the proposed site was commissioned to look at various issues such as accessibility, communications links, connections to the National Grid, planning policies and the local environment (including landscape, ecological and archaeological issues). As part of these studies, the company consulted a number of organisations, including Carrick District Council (the previous planning authority), Cornwall County Council, Natural England, English Heritage, the RSPB, the Environment Agency and the Government Office of the South West.

As part of the scoping and development work, Coronation Power shared its plans with the local community and consulted various statutory bodies and commercial organisations such as the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Home Office, the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), mobile phone companies and other users of wireless communications technology.