Beaw Field Wind Farm (59.5 MW)
Beaw Field Wind Farm is a 59.5 MW wind farm project in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 November 2017, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 March 2023. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. REPD records the planning permission as expiring on 30 November 2024, but the project holds a Contracts for Difference award (AR4), so construction may have started. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD records the planning permission as expiring on 30 November 2024, but the project holds a Contracts for Difference award (AR4), so construction may have started.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 April 2016 | Application submitted |
| 30 November 2017 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 30 November 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 59.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 March 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Peel Wind Farms
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- EC00003121
- Turbines
- 17
- Turbine height
- 145 m
- Address (REPD)
- Heatherlea, Yell, Shetland
- Council area (by location)
- Shetland Islands
- Time to decision
- 85 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR4
- REPD reference
- 3516
Who decides
As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. Scottish Government (S36) refused 18% of 334 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 127 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
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 (60.5193, -1.0827).