Clachaig Glen (60 MW wind farm)
Clachaig Glen is a 60 MW wind farm project in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 November 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 February 2026. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 March 2022 | Application submitted |
| 5 November 2024 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 5 November 2029 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 60 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- RWE UK
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00002103
- Turbines
- 12
- Turbine height
- 200 m
- Address (REPD)
- Kintyre Peninsula, approximately 20km north of Campbeltown and 1.8km north east of Muasdale
- Council area (by location)
- Argyll and Bute
- Time to decision
- 138 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- REPD reference
- 8000
The scheme also includes 30 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge House, Muasdale, Tarbert, Strathclyde 16/01313/PP | 47.6 | 18 May 2016 | refused 21 September 2017 |
| Clachaig Glen ECU00002103 | 60 | 17 March 2022 | approved on 5 November 2024, not yet built |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killean Wind Farm | wind farm | 59.4 | application submitted | 3.3 |
| Largie Wind Farm | wind farm | 14.9 | refused | 3.3 |
| Deucheran Hill | wind farm | 15.8 | operational | 5.3 |
| Beinn an Tuirc Phase 2 | wind farm | 43.7 | operational | 5.6 |
| Beinn an Tuirc | wind farm | 29.7 | operational | 5.6 |
| Cnoc Donn Arnicle | wind farm | 15 | operational | 5.6 |
| Blary Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 35 | operational | 5.7 |
| Wind Turbines at Allt Domhain Wind Farm | wind farm | 64.8 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Narachan Wind Farm | wind farm | 72.6 | refused | 6.5 |
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 (55.6189, -5.6259).