Whitestones, Cuminestown Solar Farm (9.9 MW)
Whitestones, Cuminestown Solar Farm is a 9.9 MW solar farm project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 February 2026.
9.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
19 February 2026record last updated
Aberdeenshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 April 2025 | Application submitted |
| 22 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 9.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Locogen Limited
- Planning authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Planning application reference
- APP/2025/0338
- Site area
- 1.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Whitestones, Cuminestown, Turriff
- Council area (by location)
- Aberdeenshire
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR7a
- Name in REPD
- Whitestones, Cuminestown - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 17707
Who decides
| Applications | Aberdeenshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 200 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 64 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 60 of 132 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 28 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 40.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 15 / 13 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotshaugh Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 5.5 |
| Hill of Fishrie | wind farm | 11.3 | refused | 7.9 |
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 (57.5444, -2.3228).