Cairnview, Bettyhill (48 MW wind farm)
Cairnview, Bettyhill is a 48 MW wind farm project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 26 February 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 March 2024.
48 MWwind farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 March 2024record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 12 January 2023 | Application submitted |
| 26 February 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 26 February 2029 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 48 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 March 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Bettyhill 2 Wind Limited
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 23/00142/FUL
- Turbines
- 10
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land 2375M SE Of Cairnview Bettyhill
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 59 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8535
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Highland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 160 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 68 (42%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 61 of 114 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 31 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 52.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 20 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 Bettyhill Wind Farm | wind farm | 5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Armadale Wind Farm | wind farm | 43.2 | application withdrawn | 5.9 |
| Loch Toftingall, Halsary Wind Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Strathy North | wind farm | 67.7 | operational | 7.9 |
| Strathy Wood | wind farm | 62.4 | under construction | 9.2 |
| Strathy South | wind farm | 208 | under construction | 9.3 |
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 (58.5089, -4.1653).