Greenock Wind Farm (55 MW)
Greenock Wind Farm is a 55 MW wind farm project in Inverclyde, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 4 August 2007; the record was last updated on 11 January 2010. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 May 2003 | Application submitted |
| 1 April 2005 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 4 August 2007 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 55 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 11 January 2010
- Operator or applicant
- Airtricity
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Turbines
- 22
- Address (REPD)
- Greenock Wind Farm Inverclyde
- Council area (by location)
- Inverclyde
- Time to decision
- 100 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3121
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockair, Dougliehill Road | battery storage | 24 | application submitted | 4.2 |
| Knockair, Dougliehill Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | application submitted | 4.2 |
| Inverclyde Wind Farm (Corlic Hill) | wind farm | 24 | operational | 4.2 |
| Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road | battery storage | 49 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Flatterton Farm, Flatterton Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Auchentiber Road | battery storage | 700 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Ardencaple Farm | battery storage | 50 | refused | 7.7 |
| Leapmoor Forest | wind farm | 30 | application withdrawn | 8.5 |
| Drumfad Wood | battery storage | 29.9 | permission expired | 8.7 |
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 (55.9505, -4.7642).