South Shebster (10 MW wind farm)
South Shebster is a 10 MW wind farm project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 20 January 2009; the record was last updated on 20 March 2009.
10 MWwind farm
refusedstatus in REPD
20 March 2009record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 December 2005 | Application submitted |
| 20 January 2009 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 20 March 2009
- Operator or applicant
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Turbines
- 5
- Address (REPD)
- South Shebster Caithness
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 161 weeks
- REPD reference
- 3203
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limekiln Wind Farm (Extension) Battery | battery storage | 5 | operational | 2.0 |
| Limekiln Wind Farm (Extension) | wind farm | 21 | operational | 2.0 |
| Hillcrest Cottage, Shebster | battery storage | 19.9 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Baillie Wind Farm | wind farm | 52.5 | operational | 3.0 |
| Broubster Forest | wind farm | 116 | application withdrawn | 3.2 |
| Limekiln Wind Farm | wind farm | 79.8 | operational | 3.4 |
| Titan Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 3.8 |
| Dounreay, Thurso | battery storage | 34 | under construction | 4.6 |
| Dounreay Windfarm | wind farm | 17.5 | refused on appeal | 4.7 |
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 (58.5417, -3.6895).