High Cumnock Wind Farm (27.2 MW)
High Cumnock Wind Farm is a 27.2 MW wind farm project in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 21 August 2015; the record was last updated on 2 September 2015.
27.2 MWwind farm
refused on appealstatus in REPD
2 September 2015record last updated
East Ayrshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 February 2013 | Application submitted |
| 5 December 2014 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 4 March 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 21 August 2015 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 27.2 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 2 September 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- East Ayrshire
- Planning application reference
- 13/0099/PP
- Appeal reference
- PPA-190-2043
- Turbines
- 8
- Address (REPD)
- High Cumnock, East Ayrshire
- Council area (by location)
- East Ayrshire
- Time to decision
- 94 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4228
Who decides
| Applications | East Ayrshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 36 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (47%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 17 of 25 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 95.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 11 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garleffan Wind Farm | wind farm | 21.6 | refused on appeal | 2.2 |
| Glen Water Wind Farm | wind farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 4.3 |
| Greenburn Wind Park | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Greenburn Wind Park | wind farm | 67.2 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| The Drum Wind Farm | wind farm | 49.6 | refused | 5.5 |
| Lethans Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 66 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Ashmark Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | refused on appeal | 6.7 |
| Pencloe Wind Farm | wind farm | 81 | under construction | 7.2 |
| Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 22.5 | application submitted | 8.0 |
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 (55.4301, -4.2098).