Heights Road, Blackridge - Woodend Wind Farm (19.8 MW)
Heights Road, Blackridge - Woodend Wind Farm is a 19.8 MW wind farm project in West Lothian, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 16 June 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 4 July 2023. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 June 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 19.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 4 July 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Wind Estate (UK) Ltd
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning application reference
- 0434/FUL/23
- Turbines
- 3
- Turbine height
- 180 m
- Address (REPD)
- Heights Road, Blackridge, Bathgate
- Council area (by location)
- West Lothian
- REPD reference
- 12422
Who decides
| Applications | West Lothian | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 41 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 17 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 15 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrance Farm Wind Park Extension | wind farm | 5.7 | operational | 1.5 |
| Drumduff Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 15 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Torrance Farm | wind farm | 9 | operational | 1.9 |
| Drumduff | wind farm | 8.5 | operational | 2.3 |
| Torrance Wind Farm Extension 2 | wind farm | 26.4 | refused | 2.8 |
| Burnhead | wind farm | 26 | operational | 3.0 |
| Forrestfield Wind Farm | wind farm | 13.2 | application submitted | 3.5 |
| Benhar Windfarm | wind farm | 15 | refused on appeal | 4.0 |
| West Benhar Road, Eastfield, Harthill | wind farm | 20 | application submitted | 4.3 |
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 (55.8856, -3.7641).