Kilpatrick Hills (60 MW wind farm)
Kilpatrick Hills is a 60 MW wind farm project in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 16 April 2008; the record was last updated on 16 April 2008. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 April 2008 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 60 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 16 April 2008
- Operator or applicant
- Airtricity
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Address (REPD)
- Kilpatrick Hills, near Glasgow
- Council area (by location)
- West Dunbartonshire
- REPD reference
- 3123
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vale of Leven Wind Farm | wind farm | 70 | application submitted | 3.7 |
| Whitehall Battery Storage | battery storage | 560 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Braidfield Road, Hardgate | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 4.9 |
| Land off Shilton Lane | battery storage | 19 | abandoned | 5.3 |
| Windyhill Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 200 | under construction | 5.4 |
| Merkins Wind Farm | wind farm | 25 | refused | 6.2 |
| Land SW of Shilton Cottage | battery storage | 29.9 | operational | 6.4 |
| Aggreko, Stirling Road | rooftop solar | 8.8 | application submitted | 7.5 |
| Artfield Forest Wind Farm | wind farm | 67.2 | approved, not built | 8.3 |
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 (55.9572, -4.4443).