Planning application · Onshore wind · Orkney Islands
Costa Head Wind Farm
Awaiting Construction16.3 MWApplication 16/580/TPPMAJSubmitted 9 December 2016Granted on appeal 18 April 2019
The application
- Application number
- 16/580/TPPMAJ
- Planning authority
- Orkney Islands
- Nation
- Scotland
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 16.3 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Hoolan Energy
- Location
- Costa Head, on the north coast of Orkney Mainland, KW17 2NP
- Appeal reference
- PPA-330-2022
- Turbines
- 5, 125 m to tip
Timeline
- 9 December 2016 Planning application submitted
- 21 September 2018 Planning permission refused
- 8 October 2018 Appeal lodged
- 18 April 2019 Planning permission granted
- 18 April 2019 Appeal granted
- 11 April 2027 Planning permission expired Date as recorded in the register
Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site
The pack for this site lists 43 comparable onshore wind incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-1291, Fatality at Viking wind farm site in Shetland Islands, 169 km from this site.
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| EIR-1291 | 2022 | Fatality at Viking wind farm site in Shetland Islands | 169 km | Major |
| EIR-0767 | 2024 | Nordex turbine fire prompts investigation at Scottish wind farm | 268 km | Significant |
| EIR-1386 | 2022 | Wind turbine fire near St Cyrus in Aberdeenshire | 268 km | Minor |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Costa Head Wind Farm from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.
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