Planning application · Onshore wind · Scottish Government (S36)
Lowther Hills (North Lowther Energy Initiative)
Appeal Refused147 MWApplication ECU00000426Submitted 12 June 2017Refused on appeal 8 January 2023
The application
- Application number
- ECU00000426
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- County or area
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Nation
- Scotland
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 147 MW
- Status
- Appeal Refused
- Operator or applicant
- Forsa (formerly 2020 Renewables/ Buccleuch)
- Location
- near Wanlockhead and the Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands special protection area
- Appeal reference
- WIN-170-2004
- Turbines
- 30, 149 m to tip
Timeline
- 12 June 2017 Planning application submitted
- 7 December 2018 Appeal lodged
- 8 January 2021 Planning permission refused
- 8 January 2023 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-1025, Worker dies after becoming stranded at Afton wind farm, 27 km from this site.
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| EIR-1025 | 2018 | Worker dies after becoming stranded at Afton wind farm | 27 km | Major |
| EIR-0922 | 2011 | Vestas turbine nacelle fire at Ardrossan wind farm during storm | 42 km | Significant |
| EIR-0911 | 2017 | Worker dies after fall from turbine at Whitelee windfarm near Glasgow | 45 km | Major |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Lowther Hills (North Lowther Energy Initiative) 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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