Planning application · Onshore wind · Scottish Borders

HORN BURN WIND FARM - WIND TURBINES

Appeal Refused20 MWApplication 12/01348/FULSubmitted 30 October 2012Refused on appeal 29 August 2013

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The application

Application number: 12/01348/FUL
Planning authority: Scottish Borders
County or area: Borders
Nation: Scotland
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 20 MW
Status: Appeal Refused
Operator or applicant: Energiekontor UK
Location: Se/O Reston Hill Farmhouse, Horn Burn Wind Farm, Eyemouth, Borders, TD14
Appeal reference: 13/00011/NONDET
Turbines: 10

Timeline

30 October 2012 Planning application submitted
29 August 2013 Planning permission refused
29 August 2013 Appeal refused

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-0441, Wind turbine collapses at Aviva's Pitheavlis site in Perth, 101 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-0441	2025	Wind turbine collapses at Aviva's Pitheavlis site in Perth	101 km	Significant
EIR-1386	2022	Wind turbine fire near St Cyrus in Aberdeenshire	106 km	Minor
EIR-0911	2017	Worker dies after fall from turbine at Whitelee windfarm near Glasgow	132 km	Major
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Summary for this site

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What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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