Heathland Wind Farm (80 MW)
Heathland Wind Farm is an 80 MW wind farm project in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 9 February 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 9 February 2022. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 January 2021 | Application submitted |
| 9 February 2022 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 10 January 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 80 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 9 February 2022
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Energy Renewables
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00002218
- Turbines
- 14
- Turbine height
- 180 m
- Address (REPD)
- Heathland Plantation, near Forth in South
- Council area (by location)
- South Lanarkshire
- Time to decision
- 54 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- REPD reference
- 7587
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathland Wind Farm EC00003124 | 57.8 | 16 February 2016 | replaced by a revised application |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tormywheel | wind farm | 30.8 | operational | 1.8 |
| Tormywheel Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 5 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Longhill Burn Wind Farm | wind farm | 45.6 | under construction | 2.8 |
| PATES HILL WIND FARM Extension | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 2.9 |
| Woolfords Farm - Onshore Wind Turbines | wind farm | 19.8 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Pates Hill | wind farm | 14 | operational | 3.7 |
| Gladsmuir Hills Wind Farm | wind farm | 41 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Crofthill Wind Farm | wind farm | 17 | refused | 4.5 |
| Muirhall Extension | wind farm | 6.8 | operational | 4.8 |
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 (55.7926, -3.6526).