Tangy Wind Farm - repowering/Tangy 3 (36.8 MW)
Tangy Wind Farm - repowering/Tangy 3 is a 36.8 MW wind farm project in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 29 June 2018; the record was last updated on 3 October 2018.
36.8 MWwind farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
3 October 2018record last updated
Argyll and Butecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 December 2014 | Application submitted |
| 29 June 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 29 June 2018 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 36.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 3 October 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
- Planning authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Planning application reference
- 14/02969/PP
- Turbines
- 15 (SSE; REPD: 16)
- Turbine height
- 125 m
- Address (REPD)
- Tangy, Kilkenzie, Campbeltown, Argyll And Bute
- Council area (by location)
- Argyll and Bute
- Time to decision
- 29 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4277
Who decides
| Applications | Argyll and Bute | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 49 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (45%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 4 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 21 of 41 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 53.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangy Wind Farm/Tangy 1 | wind farm | 12.8 | operational | <0.1 |
| Tangy 4 Wind Farm | wind farm | 80 | approved, not built | <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).