Shinness Wind Farm (106 MW)
Shinness Wind Farm is a 106 MW wind farm project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 15 April 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 11 June 2024. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 April 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 106 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 11 June 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Shinness Wind Farm Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004597
- Turbines
- 16
- Turbine height
- 200 m
- Address (REPD)
- Shinness Estate, Sutherland, Lairg
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- REPD reference
- 12027
The scheme also includes 105 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invershin Community Hall Wind Farm & Battery Storage | wind farm | 222 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| Strath Tirry Wind Farm | wind farm | 22.8 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Sallachy Estate Wind Farm | wind farm | 43.2 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Chleansaid Onshore Wind Farm | wind farm | 96 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
| Dalnessie Wind Farm | wind farm | 67.5 | application withdrawn | 9.6 |
| Coille Linne Wind Farm- Wind Turbines | wind farm | 108 | application submitted | 10.0 |
| Coille Linne Wind Farm | battery storage | 5 | application submitted | 10.0 |
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 (58.1002, -4.4874).