Planning application · Onshore wind · Scottish Government (S36)

Hadyard Hill

Operational120 MWApplication 03/01745/DEEMSubmitted 27 May 2003Granted 29 December 2003

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The application

Application number: 03/01745/DEEM
Planning authority: Scottish Government (S36)
County or area: Strathclyde
Nation: Scotland
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 120 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
Location: Hadyard Hill , East of Girvan , South Ayrshire
Turbines: 52
First operating: 2006

Timeline

27 May 2003 Planning application submitted
29 December 2003 Planning permission granted
1 May 2006 Construction started
8 May 2006 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-1134, Wind turbine tower collapses at Kilgallioch Wind Farm, Ayrshire, 18 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1134	2017	Wind turbine tower collapses at Kilgallioch Wind Farm, Ayrshire	18 km	Significant
EIR-0922	2011	Vestas turbine nacelle fire at Ardrossan wind farm during storm	31 km	Significant
EIR-1025	2018	Worker dies after becoming stranded at Afton wind farm	41 km	Major
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What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Hadyard Hill 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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