Greenside Extension (7 MW wind farm)
Greenside Extension is a 7 MW wind farm project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 27 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 May 2025.
7 MWwind farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 May 2025record last updated
Aberdeenshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 March 2024 | Application submitted |
| 27 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Greenside Wind Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Planning application reference
- APP/2024/0229
- Turbines
- 3
- Turbine height
- 100 m
- Address (REPD)
- Overside & Greenwellheads Farms, Crimond, Fraserburgh, Peterhead
- Council area (by location)
- Aberdeenshire
- Time to decision
- 55 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Greenside Extension - Wind Turbines
- REPD reference
- 16083
Who decides
| Applications | Aberdeenshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 200 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 64 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 60 of 132 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 28 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 40.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 15 / 13 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Overside and Greenwellheads Farms | wind farm | 9.2 | operational | 0.5 |
| South of Greenwellheads | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 0.7 |
| Bilbo Solar Farm Energy Storage | battery storage | 40 | under construction | 0.7 |
| Bilbo Solar Farm | solar farm | 36.6 | under construction | 1.0 |
| St Fergus Moss Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | operational | 1.9 |
| Frodo Solar and Battery Energy Development | solar farm | 60.1 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| St Fergus Renewable Energy Park | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 4.0 |
| Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Strichen South | battery storage | 10 | abandoned | 7.4 |
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 (57.5868, -1.8965).