Planning application · Onshore wind · Highland

Upper Smerral Wind Cluster

Revised3.2 MWApplication 10/03501/FULSubmitted 27 August 2010Refused 23 April 2012

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The application

Application number: 10/03501/FUL
Planning authority: Highland
Nation: Scotland
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 3.2 MW
Status: Revised
Operator or applicant: Caithness Power
Location: Land SE Of Houstry Upper Smerral Latheron
Turbines: 4

Timeline

27 August 2010 Planning application submitted
23 April 2012 Planning permission 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-0767, Nordex turbine fire prompts investigation at Scottish wind farm, 172 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-0767	2024	Nordex turbine fire prompts investigation at Scottish wind farm	172 km	Significant
EIR-1386	2022	Wind turbine fire near St Cyrus in Aberdeenshire	179 km	Minor
EIR-0441	2025	Wind turbine collapses at Aviva's Pitheavlis site in Perth	210 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 Upper Smerral Wind Cluster 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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