Rigged Hill Wind Farm (Repowering) (28 MW)
Rigged Hill Wind Farm (Repowering) is a 28 MW wind farm project in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 October 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 October 2022.
28 MWwind farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
11 October 2022record last updated
Causeway Coast and Glenscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 August 2019 | Application submitted |
| 5 October 2022 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 28 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 October 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Scottish Power Renewables
- Planning authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Planning application reference
- LA01/2019/0890/F
- Turbines
- 7
- Turbine height
- 137 m
- Address (REPD)
- Existing Rigged Hill Windfarm, Market Street, Limavady, Co Londonderry
- Council area (by location)
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Time to decision
- 164 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7489
Who decides
| Applications | Causeway Coast and Glens | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 47 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 4 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 41 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 103.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigged Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 5 | operational | 0.3 |
| Craiggore windfarm | wind farm | 23.5 | operational | 3.5 |
| Upper Ballyrogan Wind Farm | wind farm | 11.5 | abandoned | 5.1 |
| Dunbeg South Wind Farm | wind farm | 29.7 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Dunbeg South Wind Farm - Extension | wind farm | 16.8 | application submitted | 5.5 |
| Brockaghboy Wind Farm | wind farm | 37.5 | operational | 6.1 |
| Dunmore Wind Farm - extension | wind farm | 24 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Dunmore | wind farm | 21 | operational | 6.5 |
| Croaghan | wind farm | 12.5 | application withdrawn | 6.9 |
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 (55.024, -6.8226).