Earlsburn Wind Farm Extension (34 MW)
Earlsburn Wind Farm Extension is a 34 MW wind farm project in Stirling, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 December 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 January 2026. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 December 2022 | Application submitted |
| 16 December 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 16 December 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 34 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 January 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Naturalis Energy / REG Wind Power / Falck Renewables
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004510
- Turbines
- 7
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- Earlsburn Avenue, Stirling
- Council area (by location)
- Stirling
- Time to decision
- 156 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Earlsburn Avenue - Earlsburn Wind Farm Extension
- REPD reference
- 11481
The scheme also includes 18 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelloch Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Easter Cringate Cottage, Polmaise Road | wind farm | 30 | application submitted | 2.3 |
| Unit 15, Borrowmeadow Road | battery storage | 19 | abandoned | 2.8 |
| Farm at Lower Polmaise | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 4.7 |
| Manor Powis | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 5.2 |
| Rullie Community Windfarm | wind farm | 25 | application withdrawn | 6.2 |
| Muirpark | wind farm | 33 | refused | 6.2 |
| Glenside Farm | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Craigengelt | wind farm | 20 | operational | 8.2 |
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 (56.0984, -3.9445).