Carnbuck Wind Farm (50.4 MW)
Carnbuck Wind Farm is a 50.4 MW wind farm project in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 22 February 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 20 June 2023. 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 |
|---|---|
| 22 February 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 50.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 20 June 2023
- Operator or applicant
- RES Limited
- Planning authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Planning application reference
- SPD/2023/0951/F
- Turbines
- 12
- Turbine height
- 180 m
- Address (REPD)
- Altnahinch Road, Ballymoney
- Council area (by location)
- Mid and East Antrim
- REPD reference
- 14113
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Mid and East Antrim | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 22 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 45.2 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gruig Wind Farm | wind farm | 25 | operational | 3.4 |
| Corkey Windfarm (repowering) | wind farm | 20 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Corkey Wind Farm | wind farm | 5 | operational | 5.7 |
| Rathsherry | wind farm | 21 | operational | 6.9 |
| Elginny Hill | wind farm | 22 | operational | 8.0 |
| Altaveedan Wind Farm | wind farm | 17.9 | operational | 9.7 |
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 (54.9975, -6.2475).