Highland Wind Farm (30 MW)
Highland Wind Farm is a 30 MW battery storage project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 31 January 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 7 April 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 January 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 7 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Highland Wind Farm Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005082
- Address (REPD)
- 4.2 km west of Aviemore and 25 km south west of Inverness,
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Name in REPD
- Highland Wind Farm - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 16177
Recorded together with Wind Farm at 4.2 km west of Aviemore and 25 km south west of Inverness (133 MW wind farm, application submitted).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longman Landfill, Stadium Road | solar farm | 9.9 | application submitted | 1.3 |
| Fairways Business Park | battery storage | 50 | refused | 3.7 |
| Knocknagael, Essich | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Carr Ban Wind Farm | wind farm | 23.8 | application withdrawn | 9.9 |
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 (57.4842, -4.2293).