Fauch Hill Wind Farm (69 MW)
Fauch Hill Wind Farm is a 69 MW wind farm project in West Lothian, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 8 July 2014; the record was last updated on 30 July 2014. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 February 2012 | Application submitted |
| 8 July 2014 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 69 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 30 July 2014
- Operator or applicant
- European Forest Resources Group
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Turbines
- 23
- Address (REPD)
- Colzium Hill Farm, West Lothian
- Council area (by location)
- West Lothian
- Time to decision
- 124 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4161
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fauch Hill | wind farm | 48 | refused on appeal | 2.4 |
| Camilty Plantation Wind Farm | wind farm | 25.8 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Harburnhead Wind Farm | wind farm | 51.7 | operational | 4.7 |
| Harrow's Law | wind farm | 39 | refused on appeal | 5.0 |
| Pearie Law Wind Farm | wind farm | 19.2 | operational | 6.9 |
| Pearie Law 2 | wind farm | 14.4 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Muirhall | wind farm | 12.3 | operational | 8.2 |
| Woolfords Farm - Onshore Wind Turbines | wind farm | 19.8 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
| Leyden Road | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 9.1 |
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 (55.7928, -3.4628).