Brunt Hill Wind Farm & Battery Storage (130 MW)
Brunt Hill Wind Farm & Battery Storage is a 130 MW wind farm project in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 8 May 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 10 June 2024. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 May 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 130 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 10 June 2024
- Operator or applicant
- E Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004654
- Turbines
- 18
- Turbine height
- 200 m
- Address (REPD)
- 4.5km Nw/O Kinross, Kinross
- Council area (by location)
- Perth and Kinross
- REPD reference
- 12824
The scheme also includes 50 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Gallows Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Newhouse Farm Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.6 |
| Taigh An Struith, Tibbermore | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 2.3 |
| Kinnon Park Farm, Methven Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 3.7 |
| Solar Array at Dupplin Solar 750 Metres S/O Newbigging Farm Tibbermore | solar farm | 97.5 | application submitted | 4.0 |
| Binn Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 39 | application submitted | 5.4 |
| Knowehead | wind farm | 60 | refused | 8.4 |
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 (56.3969, -3.49).