Planning application · Onshore wind · North Ayrshire

Hunterston Test Centre (Phase 2)

Application Withdrawn8 MWApplication 16/00060/PPSubmitted 28 January 2016Withdrawn 4 August 2016

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The application

Application number: 16/00060/PP
Planning authority: North Ayrshire
County or area: Strathclyde
Nation: Scotland
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 8 MW
Status: Application Withdrawn (Planning Application Withdrawn)
Operator or applicant: Scottish Enterprise/SSE
Location: Hunterston Construction Yard, Fairlie Largs, Largs, KA30 9AG
Turbines: 1, 220 m to tip

Timeline

28 January 2016 Planning application submitted
4 August 2016 Application withdrawn

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-1951, Investigation begins after turbine fire at Ardrossan wind farm, 11 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1951	2022	Investigation begins after turbine fire at Ardrossan wind farm	11 km	Significant
EIR-1157	2026	Fire destroys turbine at Whitelee windfarm near Glasgow	33 km	Significant
EIR-0922	2011	Vestas turbine nacelle fire at Ardrossan wind farm during storm	35 km	Significant
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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 Hunterston Test Centre (Phase 2) 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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