Olympic Business Park, Dundonald - 2 Wind Turbines (8.5 MW)
Olympic Business Park, Dundonald - 2 Wind Turbines is an 8.5 MW wind farm project in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 16 December 2024; the record was last updated on 20 January 2025.
8.5 MWwind farm
refusedstatus in REPD
20 January 2025record last updated
South Ayrshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 January 2024 | Application submitted |
| 16 December 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 8.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 20 January 2025
- Operator or applicant
- The Farm Energy Partnership
- Planning authority
- South Ayrshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/00063/APP
- Turbines
- 2
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- The South & W/O Olympic Business Park, Dundonald, Kilmarnock
- Council area (by location)
- South Ayrshire
- Time to decision
- 46 weeks
- REPD reference
- 13098
Who decides
| Applications | South Ayrshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 12 (60%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 12 of 13 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 41.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road | solar farm | 19.9 | under construction | 1.6 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Wind Project | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 2.0 |
| Dunlop Place, Meadowhead Industrial Estate | wind turbine | 7 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| Shewalton Landfill Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 3.0 |
| Nethermains Solar Farm | solar farm | 7.5 | under construction | 5.0 |
| Wee Minnemoer, Millport Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 19 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Holmquarry Road | battery storage | 60.4 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Inchbean Farm, Treeswoodhead Road | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
| Kilmarnock South Substation | battery storage | 300 | operational | 8.8 |
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 (55.5898, -4.6053).