Faw Side Community Wind Farm (315 MW)
Faw Side Community Wind Farm is a 315 MW wind farm project in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 22 December 2023; the record was last updated on 9 January 2024. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 May 2019 | Application submitted |
| 22 December 2023 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 315 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 9 January 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Community Windpower
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00001833
- Turbines
- 45
- Turbine height
- 200 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land 6.7km North of Langholm and 17.8 km south west of Hawick
- Council area (by location)
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Time to decision
- 239 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6459
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (refused).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbie Shank | wind farm | 150 | application withdrawn | 0.6 |
| Hopsrig Wind Farm | wind farm | 79.2 | application submitted | 10.0 |
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 (55.2539, -3.0241).