Breezy Hill, North Kyle Forest Estate (100 MW wind farm)
Breezy Hill, North Kyle Forest Estate is a 100 MW wind farm project in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 8 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 July 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Brockwell Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005060
- Turbines
- 20
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- The North Kyle Forest Estate, Approximately 4.5km N/O Dalmellington, Ayr
- Council area (by location)
- East Ayrshire
- Name in REPD
- Breezy Hill, North Kyle Forest Estate - Wind Turbines
- REPD reference
- 16795
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.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breezy Hill, North Kyle Forest Estate | battery storage | 40 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| South Kyle Wind Farm 2 | wind farm | 92.4 | application submitted | 0.6 |
| Enoch Hill, Dalmellington | battery storage | 11 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Enoch Hill 2 Windfarm | wind farm | 10 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Burnhead Wind Farm | wind farm | 18.4 | refused on appeal | 3.0 |
| Chalmerston | wind farm | 50 | application withdrawn | 3.6 |
| North Kyle Energy Project | wind farm | 206 | under construction | 4.3 |
| Dersalloch Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Knockkippen Wind, Solar & Battery Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
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 (55.3238, -4.4061).