Question reference: S6W-21724
- 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 granted against the recommendation of the relevant local authority in each of the past 10 years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Regarding 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 granted contrary to a planning authority objection in the past 10 years are presented in the following table.
Consented with planning authority objection – 2013 – to date.
YEAR | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 (to date) | Total |
PA | ||||||||||||
Aberdeenshire | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Argyll and Bute | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Dumfries and Galloway | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
East Ayrshire | 1**** | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
East Lothian | 1*** | 1 | ||||||||||
Highland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Moray | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
North Lanarkshire | 1** | 1 | ||||||||||
Scottish Borders | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1+ | 5 | ||||||
South Ayrshire | 1**** | 1 | ||||||||||
West Lothian | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
TOTAL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 32 |
Definitions** = 1 partially in both South and West Lanarkshire, *** = 1 partially in Scottish Borders, **** = 1 partially in Dumfries and Galloway, ++ = 1 partially in East Ayrshire.