Monnaboy Wind Farm Ext. (6 MW)
Monnaboy Wind Farm Ext. is a 6 MW wind farm project in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 20 September 2018; the record was last updated on 2 October 2018.
6 MWwind farm
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
2 October 2018record last updated
Derry City and Strabanecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 October 2015 | Application submitted |
| 20 September 2018 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 2 October 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Gaelectric Developments
- Planning authority
- Derry City and Strabane
- Planning application reference
- LA11/2015/0651/F
- Turbines
- 2
- Turbine height
- 121 m
- Address (REPD)
- Monnaboy Wind Farm on land loc, 62 Monnaboy Road, Eglinton, Derry, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Council area (by location)
- Derry City and Strabane
- REPD reference
- 5916
Who decides
| Applications | Derry City and Strabane | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 49 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 2 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 10 of 43 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 103.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monnaboy Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | operational | 1.3 |
| Barr Cregg Wind Farm | wind farm | 12.6 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Slieve Kirk (formerly Altahullion Phase III & Glenconway 2) | wind farm | 27.6 | operational | 5.2 |
| Slieve Kirk (formerly Glenconway) | wind farm | 18.4 | operational | 5.4 |
| Altahullion | wind farm | 26 | operational | 5.5 |
| 62 Muldonagh Road, Claudy | wind turbine | 8.8 | application submitted | 6.1 |
| Farkland | wind farm | 51 | application withdrawn | 6.5 |
| Altahullion Phase II | wind farm | 11.7 | operational | 7.4 |
| Power Generation in Development in Claudy | battery storage | 75 | application submitted | 8.4 |
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 (54.9805, -7.1139).