Castletown Wind Farm (9.6 MW)
Castletown Wind Farm is a 9.6 MW wind farm project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 12 December 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 17 January 2025.
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application submittedstatus in REPD
17 January 2025record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 12 December 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 9.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 17 January 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Wind 2 Limited
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 24/04932/FUL
- Turbines
- 2
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- 975M se/o Mains Of Durran Castletown
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Name in REPD
- Castletown - Wind Farm
- REPD reference
- 10846
The scheme also includes 12 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durran Mains | wind farm | 19.5 | refused | 1.8 |
| Spittal Hill | wind farm | 21 | refused on appeal | 7.0 |
| Lyth Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | refused on appeal | 7.6 |
| Lochend Holding, Barrock Wind Farm | battery storage | 10 | application submitted | 8.1 |
| Lochend Holding, Barrock Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | application submitted | 8.1 |
| Lochend Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.2 | operational | 8.1 |
| Slickly Wind Farm | wind farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.5 |
| Watten Wind Farm | wind farm | 47.6 | application withdrawn | 8.6 |
| Stainland Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
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 (58.5425, -3.3599).