Slickly Wind Farm (49.9 MW)
Slickly Wind Farm is a 49.9 MW wind farm project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 August 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 24 October 2023.
49.9 MWwind farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
24 October 2023record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 January 2020 | Application submitted |
| 14 September 2021 | Appeal lodged |
| 23 August 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 August 2022 | Appeal allowed |
| 23 August 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 24 October 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Statkraft Wind UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 19/05624/FUL
- Appeal reference
- PPA-270-2256
- Turbines
- 11
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- 1650m E/O Slickly Croft, Lyth, Wick
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 137 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR5
- REPD reference
- 15099
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Highland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 160 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 68 (42%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 61 of 114 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 31 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 52.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 20 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyth Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | refused on appeal | 1.8 |
| Scoolary | wind farm | 120 | application withdrawn | 3.5 |
| Lochend Holding, Barrock Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | application submitted | 3.9 |
| Lochend Holding, Barrock Wind Farm | battery storage | 10 | application submitted | 3.9 |
| Lochend Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.2 | operational | 3.9 |
| Hollandmey Renewable Energy Development | wind farm | 50 | approved, not built | 5.3 |
| Hollandmey Renewable Energy Development | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 5.3 |
| Hill of Stroupster Windfarm | wind farm | 29.9 | operational | 5.3 |
| Philips Mains, Mey | battery storage | 300 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
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 (58.5677, -3.2216).