Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Priestgill Wind Farm

Under Construction46.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 16 December 2025

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 46.2 MW
Status: Under Construction
Operator or applicant: Muirhall Energy
Location: Priestgill Wind Farm, Little Gill Farm, Abington, Biggar, Strathclyde, Lanarkshire, ML12 6RW, United Kingdom
Planning authority: South Lanarkshire
Planning application: CL/17/0009
Appeal reference: PPA-380-2075
Turbines: 7, 200 m to tip

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Timeline

13 December 2016 Planning application submitted
16 August 2017 Planning permission refused
14 November 2017 Appeal lodged
7 December 2018 Appeal granted
15 December 2021 Planning permission granted
30 March 2024 Planning permission expired
1 September 2025 Construction started

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

The register holds 54 incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, 22 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm projectEIR-1624 · 2026
Fire destroys turbine at Whitelee windfarm near GlasgowEIR-1157 · 2026
Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in WalesEIR-0874 · 2026
Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farmEIR-0732 · 2026
Wind turbine fire at Kirkby Moor Wind Farm in CumbriaEIR-0363 · 2026

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