Tangy 4 Wind Farm (80 MW)
Tangy 4 Wind Farm is an 80 MW wind farm project in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 20 December 2019, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 August 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 20 December 2024, 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 20 December 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Application submitted |
| 20 December 2019 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 20 December 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 80 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Scottish & Southern (SSE)
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00000673
- Turbines
- 16
- Turbine height
- 150 m
- Address (REPD)
- Tangy, Kilkenzie, Campbeltown, Argyll And Bute
- Council area (by location)
- Argyll and Bute
- Time to decision
- 67 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6734
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangy Wind Farm/Tangy 1 | wind farm | 12.8 | operational | <0.1 |
| Tangy Wind Farm - repowering/Tangy 3 | wind farm | 36.8 | permission expired | <0.1 |
| Auchadaduie Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.9 | operational | 5.5 |
| Beinn an Tuirc Windfarm Phase 3 | wind farm | 49.9 | under construction | 6.6 |
| Blary Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 35 | operational | 8.2 |
| Creggan Wind Farm | wind farm | 54 | refused on appeal | 8.5 |
| Tangy Wind Farm Extension/Tangy 2 | wind farm | 6 | operational | 8.8 |
| Cnoc Buidhe Windfarm | wind farm | 191 | application submitted | 8.8 |
| Wind Turbines at Allt Domhain Wind Farm | wind farm | 64.8 | application submitted | 9.6 |
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 (55.4953, -5.6666).