Planning application · Onshore wind · Aberdeenshire

Hill of Easterton

Operational2.5 MWSubmitted 15 June 2011Granted 16 October 2003

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The application

Planning authority: Aberdeenshire
County or area: Grampian
Nation: Scotland
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 2.5 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: Mackies
Location: Hill of Easterton, 1km North Of Mackies Ice Cream Dairy, Westertown, Rothienorman, Inverurie, AB51 8US
Turbines: 1
First operating: 2005

Timeline

16 October 2003 Planning permission granted
1 January 2005 Operational
15 June 2011 Planning application submitted

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, 67 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1386	2022	Wind turbine fire near St Cyrus in Aberdeenshire	67 km	Minor
EIR-0767	2024	Nordex turbine fire prompts investigation at Scottish wind farm	123 km	Significant
EIR-0441	2025	Wind turbine collapses at Aviva's Pitheavlis site in Perth	126 km	Significant
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 40 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

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Summary for this site

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In the full pack

What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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