Alton Muirhouse Farm (6.8 MW wind farm)
Alton Muirhouse Farm is a 6.8 MW wind farm project in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 11 December 2018; the record was last updated on 18 December 2018.
6.8 MWwind farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
18 December 2018record last updated
East Ayrshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 December 2015 | Application submitted |
| 22 June 2018 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 21 September 2018 | Appeal lodged |
| 11 December 2018 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 6.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 18 December 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- East Ayrshire
- Planning application reference
- 15/0985/PP
- Appeal reference
- PPA-190-2069
- Turbines
- 2
- Turbine height
- 130 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land Turbines Alton Muirhouse, Newmilns
- Council area (by location)
- East Ayrshire
- Time to decision
- 130 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6022
Who decides
| Applications | East Ayrshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 36 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (47%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 17 of 25 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 95.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 11 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sneddon Law Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 45 | under construction | 1.8 |
| Cowans Law | wind farm | 49.9 | refused | 1.8 |
| Whitelee Windfarm Extension phase 2 | wind farm | 109 | operational | 3.4 |
| East Kingswell | wind farm | 26 | refused | 5.7 |
| Whitelee Windfarm Extension Phase 1 | wind farm | 108 | operational | 7.1 |
| Whitelee Windfarm Extension Phase 3 | wind farm | 12 | refused on appeal | 7.1 |
| Blair Data Centre | wind farm | 13.8 | refused on appeal | 7.3 |
| Whitelee | wind farm | 322 | operational | 7.8 |
| Kilmarnock Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
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 (55.6337, -4.3704).