Daer Wind Farm (100 MW)
Daer Wind Farm is a 100 MW wind farm project in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 26 May 2021, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 26 March 2019. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. 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 |
|---|---|
| 26 May 2021 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 26 March 2019
- Operator or applicant
- E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Developments
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- P/21/1014
- Turbines
- 17
- Turbine height
- 180 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land east of Daer Reservoir, South Lanarkshire/Dumfries and Galloway
- Council area (by location)
- Dumfries and Galloway
- REPD reference
- 2908
The scheme also includes 100 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harestanes Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 14 | refused | 3.9 |
| Lion Hill Wind Farm (Crookedstane Farm 2) | wind farm | 11.4 | permission expired | 4.9 |
| Watchman Energy Park | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 5.1 |
| Watchman Energy Park | wind farm | 91 | application submitted | 5.1 |
| Harestanes Windfarm | battery storage | 100 | under construction | 8.3 |
| East Kilbride | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 8.5 |
| Crookedstane Farm | wind farm | 11.4 | permission expired | 9.8 |
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 (55.3378, -3.5781).