Wathegar 2 Wind Farm (18.5 MW)
Wathegar 2 Wind Farm is an 18.5 MW wind farm project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 15 September 2017; the record was last updated on 2 January 2020.
18.5 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
2 January 2020record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 October 2011 | Application submitted |
| 23 March 2012 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 December 2016 | Construction started |
| 15 September 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 18.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 2 January 2020
- Operator or applicant
- BayWa r.e.
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 11/03671/FUL
- Turbines
- 9
- Address (REPD)
- Wathegar, Bilbster, Wick
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 24 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4425
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wathegar wind farm | wind farm | 10 | operational | 0.7 |
| Achairn | wind farm | 6.2 | operational | 0.9 |
| Camster II | wind farm | 36 | operational | 2.0 |
| Camster | wind farm | 50 | operational | 4.4 |
| Cogle Moss Wind Farm | wind farm | 36 | permission expired | 5.9 |
| Watten Wind Farm | wind farm | 47.6 | application withdrawn | 6.4 |
| Cnoc Morail | wind farm | 11.5 | refused | 7.3 |
| Causeymire | wind farm | 48.3 | operational | 7.6 |
| Burn of Whilk | wind farm | 22.5 | operational | 8.7 |
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 (58.4352, -3.2159).