Wind farm at Rivox Wind Farm Lowther Hills West Of Moffat (208 MW)
Wind farm at Rivox Wind Farm Lowther Hills West Of Moffat is a 208 MW wind farm project in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 10 July 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 16 July 2021. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 July 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 208 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 16 July 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Belltown Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00003293
- Turbines
- 29
- Turbine height
- 230 m
- Address (REPD)
- Rivox Wind Farm Lowther Hills West Of Moffat
- Council area (by location)
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Name in REPD
- Rivox Wind Farm - Wind farm
- REPD reference
- 9317
The scheme also includes 90 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowther Hills (North Lowther Energy Initiative) | wind farm | 147 | refused on appeal | 6.3 |
| Harryburn Wind Farm | wind farm | 67 | refused on appeal | 8.0 |
| Leadhills Wind Farm | wind farm | 49 | refused | 8.3 |
| Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road - Phase 3 - BESS | battery storage | 25 | application submitted | 8.6 |
| Watchman Energy Park | wind farm | 91 | application submitted | 8.6 |
| Watchman Energy Park | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 8.6 |
| Leadhills Road, Elvanfoot Phase 2 | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 8.7 |
| Wind Turbines at Herds Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 10.3 | application submitted | 8.7 |
| Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road | battery storage | 9.8 | approved, not built | 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 (55.3844, -3.7603).