Wee Minnemoer, Millport Solar Farm & Battery Storage (19 MW)
Wee Minnemoer, Millport Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 19 MW solar farm project in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 9 February 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 February 2024.
19 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
19 February 2024record last updated
North Ayrshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 February 2023 | Application submitted |
| 9 June 2023 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 23 August 2023 | Appeal lodged |
| 9 February 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 9 February 2024 | Appeal allowed |
| 9 February 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 19 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 February 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Comsol Energy
- Planning authority
- North Ayrshire
- Planning application reference
- 23/00114/PP
- Appeal reference
- 23/00001/REFUSE
- Site area
- 15.3 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Ne/O Wee Minnemoer, Millport
- Council area (by location)
- North Ayrshire
- Time to decision
- 51 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Wee Minnemoer, Millport - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13090
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | North Ayrshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 47 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 12 (26%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 18 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 10 of 21 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nethermains Solar Farm | solar farm | 7.5 | under construction | <0.1 |
| Shewalton Landfill Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 2.3 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Wind Project | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road | solar farm | 19.9 | under construction | 3.4 |
| Dunlop Place, Meadowhead Industrial Estate | wind turbine | 7 | application submitted | 3.5 |
| Ardeer Peninsula, Ardeer | wind farm | 9.6 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Olympic Business Park, Dundonald - 2 Wind Turbines | wind farm | 8.5 | refused | 5.0 |
| Kilwinning Battery Storage | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Ardeer | wind farm | 22 | application withdrawn | 5.6 |
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 (55.6132, -4.6742).