Question reference: S6W-21721
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 25 September 2023
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 October 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for onshore wind development with a capacity in excess of 50 megawatts have been submitted in each of the past 10 years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The following table lists the applications for onshore wind development with a capacity in excess of 50 megawatts (including applications to extend and vary wind farms in excess of 50 megawatts where an application was made to Scottish Ministers) made in each of the last ten years broken down into planning authority areas.
Applications 2013 - To date Excluding applications withdrawn
YEAR | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 (to date) | Total |
PA | ||||||||||||
Aberdeenshire | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1++++ | 5 | ||||||
Argyll and Bute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4***** | 3+++ | 4++ | 5+++ | 4 | 28 | |
East Ayrshire | 2* | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3++ | 13 | ||||||
East Lothian | 1 | 1** | 2 | |||||||||
Highland | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 49 | |
Moray | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
Perth and Kinross | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Scottish Borders | 2 | 2 | 1**** | 2**** | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | ||||
Shetland Islands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
South Ayrshire | 1 | 3+ | 1 | 3 | 1+++ | 1 | 10 | |||||
South Lanarkshire | 1 | 1 | 1*** | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2*** | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
Stirling | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
West Lothian | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
TOTAL | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 167 |
Table 1 Definitions * = 1 partially in South Ayrshire and 1 partially in Dumfries in Galloway, ** = 1 partially in Scottish Borders, *** = 1 partially in West Lothian, **** = 1 partially in East Lothian and 1 partially in Dumfries and Galloway, ***** = 1 partially in South Ayrshire and 1 Partially in East Ayrshire, + = 1 partially in Dumfries and Galloway, ++ = 1 partially in south Lanarkshire, +++ = 1 partially in East Ayrshire, ++++ = 1 partially in Moray.
in each of the past 10 years, broken down by local authority area.