Altercannoch Wind Farm (27.7 MW)
Altercannoch Wind Farm is a 27.7 MW wind farm project in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 1 March 2019; the record was last updated on 26 March 2019.
27.7 MWwind farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
26 March 2019record last updated
South Ayrshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 December 2015 | Application submitted |
| 16 November 2017 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 15 February 2018 | Appeal lodged |
| 1 March 2019 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 27.7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 26 March 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Brookfield Renewable UK
- Planning authority
- South Ayrshire
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Appeal reference
- PPA-370-2066
- Turbines
- 8
- Turbine height
- 131 m
- Address (REPD)
- Altercannoch B7027, Main Street, Barrhill-Council Boundary, South From Barrhill, Barrhill, Girvan
- Council area (by location)
- South Ayrshire
- Time to decision
- 99 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2847
Who decides
| Applications | South Ayrshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 12 (60%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 12 of 13 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 41.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chirmorie Wind Farm | wind farm | 80 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Arecleoch Wind Farm (extension) | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 3.3 |
| Arecleoch Windfarm | wind farm | 120 | operational | 3.3 |
| Arecleoch Wind Farm (extension) | wind farm | 72.8 | under construction | 3.3 |
| Corwar Wind Farm | wind farm | 16.4 | refused on appeal | 4.5 |
| Mark Hill | wind farm | 56 | operational | 5.0 |
| Hill of Ochiltree | wind farm | 23 | refused | 9.4 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (55.0833, -4.7511).