Hartwood Windfarm (21 MW)
Hartwood Windfarm is a 21 MW wind farm project in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 24 November 2022; the record was last updated on 22 April 2020.
21 MWwind farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
22 April 2020record last updated
North Lanarkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 August 2014 | Application submitted |
| 6 December 2016 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 31 January 2017 | Appeal lodged |
| 24 November 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 24 November 2017 | Appeal allowed |
| 24 November 2022 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 21 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 22 April 2020
- Operator or applicant
- ABO Wind UK
- Planning authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Planning application reference
- 14/01699/FUL
- Appeal reference
- PPA-320-2113
- Turbines
- 7
- Turbine height
- 127 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land At Murdostoun Forrest & Home Farm, Hartwood, Shotts
- Council area (by location)
- North Lanarkshire
- Time to decision
- 170 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6312
Who decides
| Applications | North Lanarkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 38 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 9 (24%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 20 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwood | wind farm | 30 | application withdrawn | 1.4 |
| Fernishaw Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Facility | solar farm | 75 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Salsburgh | wind farm | 24 | application withdrawn | 3.3 |
| Damside Wind Farm | wind farm | 20 | refused | 3.7 |
| Dewshill Wind Farm | wind farm | 9 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Watsonhead Wind Farm | wind farm | 8.4 | operational | 4.2 |
| Brownhill Farm | wind farm | 8.4 | under construction | 5.0 |
| West Benhar wind farm | wind farm | 27.2 | operational | 5.4 |
| North Lanrigg Energy Storage | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
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 (55.8126, -3.84).