Costa Head Wind Farm (16.3 MW)
Costa Head Wind Farm is a 16.3 MW wind farm project in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 18 April 2019, not yet built; the record was last updated on 5 August 2020.
16.3 MWwind farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
5 August 2020record last updated
Orkney Islandscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 December 2016 | Application submitted |
| 21 September 2018 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 8 October 2018 | Appeal lodged |
| 18 April 2019 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 April 2019 | Appeal allowed |
| 11 April 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 16.3 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 5 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Hoolan Energy
- Planning authority
- Orkney Islands
- Planning application reference
- 16/580/TPPMAJ
- Appeal reference
- PPA-330-2022
- Turbines
- 4 (Hoolan Energy; REPD: 5)
- Turbine height
- 125 m
- Address (REPD)
- Costa Head, on the north coast of Orkney Mainland
- Council area (by location)
- Orkney Islands
- Time to decision
- 123 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR3
- REPD reference
- 5188
Who decides
| Applications | Orkney Islands | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 29 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (17%) | 19% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 29 | 45% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 26.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitshill Wind Farm, Hundland Hill | wind farm | 26.4 | application submitted | 4.0 |
| Burgar Hill | wind farm | 5 | operational | 5.6 |
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 (59.1491, -3.2268).