Greenburn Wind Park (67.2 MW)
Greenburn Wind Park is a 67.2 MW wind farm project in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 April 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 December 2024. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 March 2020 | Application submitted |
| 21 April 2023 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 21 April 2029 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 67.2 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 December 2024
- Operator or applicant
- REG Windpower Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00002037
- Turbines
- 16
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adj Former Opencast, Greenburn Wind Park, New Cumnock, Cumnock, Strathclyde
- Council area (by location)
- East Ayrshire
- Time to decision
- 160 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR5
- REPD reference
- 6796
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenburn Wind Park | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Pencloe Wind Farm | wind farm | 81 | under construction | 4.2 |
| High Cumnock Wind Farm | wind farm | 27.2 | refused on appeal | 4.7 |
| Glen Water Wind Farm | wind farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 5.4 |
| Ashmark Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | refused on appeal | 5.7 |
| Enoch Hill | wind farm | 70 | operational | 5.8 |
| Over Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 36 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Garleffan Wind Farm | wind farm | 21.6 | refused on appeal | 6.7 |
| Ashmark Hill Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | refused | 7.1 |
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 (55.4044, -4.269).