Planning application · Onshore wind · Aberdeenshire
Gawnsmoss Cluster
Operational2.4 MWApplication APP/2012/2406Submitted 10 October 2012Granted on appeal 11 March 2015
The application
- Application number
- APP/2012/2406
- Planning authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Nation
- Scotland
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 2.4 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Farm Energy Consulting
- Location
- Site at Cairnhill Banff, AB45 3BS
- Appeal reference
- PPA-110-2248
- Turbines
- 3, 79 m to tip
- First operating
- 2017
Timeline
- 10 October 2012 Planning application submitted
- 2 October 2014 Planning permission refused
- 2 December 2014 Appeal lodged
- 11 March 2015 Planning permission granted
- 11 March 2015 Appeal granted
- 15 October 2016 Construction started
- 27 March 2017 Operational
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-1386, Wind turbine fire near St Cyrus in Aberdeenshire, 95 km from this site.
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| EIR-1386 | 2022 | Wind turbine fire near St Cyrus in Aberdeenshire | 95 km | Minor |
| EIR-0767 | 2024 | Nordex turbine fire prompts investigation at Scottish wind farm | 130 km | Significant |
| EIR-0441 | 2025 | Wind turbine collapses at Aviva's Pitheavlis site in Perth | 145 km | Significant |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Gawnsmoss Cluster 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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