Upper Sonachan Wind Farm (64.6 MW)
Upper Sonachan Wind Farm is a 64.6 MW wind farm project in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 24 May 2019; the record was last updated on 25 June 2019. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 October 2015 | Application submitted |
| 24 April 2017 | Appeal lodged |
| 24 May 2019 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 24 May 2019 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 64.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 25 June 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Ecotricity
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- EC00002081
- Appeal reference
- WIN-130-2
- Turbines
- 19
- Turbine height
- 137 m
- Address (REPD)
- Upper Sonachan Forest, between the B840 and A819
- Council area (by location)
- Argyll and Bute
- Time to decision
- 186 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5122
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park | wind farm | 58.5 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park | battery storage | 41.4 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Blarghour Wind Farm | wind farm | 84 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| Stacain | wind farm | 48 | refused on appeal | 9.3 |
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 (56.333, -5.1318).