Rowan Gate Solar Farm (7 MW)
Rowan Gate Solar Farm is a 7 MW solar farm project in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 12 July 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 August 2025. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 12 July 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 12 July 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 April 2022 | Application submitted |
| 12 July 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 July 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Blackford Farms
- Planning authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Planning application reference
- 22/00795/FLL
- Site area
- 9.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- 400 Metres Ne/O Rowan Gate, Bardrill Road, Blackford, Auchterarder
- Council area (by location)
- Perth and Kinross
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Rowan Gate - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 9585
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Perth and Kinross | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 73 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 32 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 6 of 24 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 23 of 31 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 18 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 8 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frandy Hill | wind farm | 14 | refused on appeal | 5.2 |
| Burnfoot East Wind Farm (further extension) | wind farm | 10.8 | operational | 5.2 |
| Burnfoot Hill | wind farm | 26 | operational | 5.2 |
| Rhodders Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | operational | 5.9 |
| Green Knowes | wind farm | 27 | operational | 5.9 |
| Standingfauld Farm, Muthill | solar farm | 14 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Standingfauld Farm | wind farm | 20 | refused on appeal | 6.5 |
| Green knowes Windfarm Ext. | wind farm | 10 | application withdrawn | 7.2 |
| Little Law Wind Farm | wind farm | 27 | refused on appeal | 9.0 |
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 (56.2559, -3.7614).