House O'Hill (5 MW wind farm)
House O'Hill is a 5 MW wind farm project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 4 October 2010; the record was last updated on 28 October 2010.
5 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
28 October 2010record last updated
Aberdeenshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 May 2008 | Application submitted |
| 5 June 2009 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 August 2009 | Construction started |
| 4 October 2010 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 28 October 2010
- Operator or applicant
- Green Cat Renewables
- Planning authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Planning application reference
- APP/2008/1722
- Turbines
- 3
- Address (REPD)
- Land Around House O'Hill Fraserburgh
- Council area (by location)
- Aberdeenshire
- Time to decision
- 55 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2923
Who decides
| Applications | Aberdeenshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 200 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 64 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 60 of 132 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 28 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 40.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 15 / 13 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mormond Hill Windfarm | wind farm | 27.6 | refused on appeal | 2.9 |
| Strichen North | battery storage | 25 | abandoned | 3.6 |
| Electricity Sub Station, Strichen | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| A981 Fraserburgh | battery storage | 45 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Strichen South | battery storage | 10 | abandoned | 4.9 |
| Solar Panels at Clayfords Farm | solar farm | 6 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Fraserburgh Development | battery storage | 25 | permission expired | 5.6 |
| Greenbank Caravan & Trailers, Hillhead Of Phingask | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Smiddyhill, Strichen | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 6.5 |
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 (57.6219, -2.0425).