Question reference: S6W-21722
- 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Government how many applications for onshore wind development with a capacity in excess of 50 megawatts have been withdrawn by the applicant in each of the past 10 years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
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and vary wind farms in excess of 50 megawatts where an application was made to Scottish Ministers) that have been withdrawn by the applicant in the last 10 years are presented per planning authority area, for each year from 2013 - to date, in the following table.
Withdrawn applications - 2013 - to date
YEAR | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 (to date) | Total |
PA | ||||||||||||
Angus | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Argyll and Bute | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
East Ayrshire | 1* | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Highland | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Moray | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Perth and Kinross | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Scottish Borders | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
TOTAL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Definitions * = 1 partially in South Ayrshire