Woolfords Farm - Onshore Wind Turbines (19.8 MW)
Woolfords Farm - Onshore Wind Turbines is a 19.8 MW wind farm project in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 March 2026.
19.8 MWwind farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
25 March 2026record last updated
South Lanarkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 January 2022 | Application submitted |
| 30 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 May 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 19.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Woolffords Wind Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Planning application reference
- P/22/0031
- Turbines
- 3
- Turbine height
- 180 m
- Address (REPD)
- 940M NW/O Woolfords Farm, C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Woolfords West Calder
- Council area (by location)
- South Lanarkshire
- Time to decision
- 176 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8344
Who decides
| Applications | South Lanarkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (34%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 20 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 21 of 56 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 47.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATES HILL WIND FARM Extension | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 0.8 |
| Pates Hill | wind farm | 14 | operational | 1.7 |
| Longhill Burn Wind Farm | wind farm | 45.6 | under construction | 1.9 |
| Heathland Wind Farm | wind farm | 80 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Pearie Law 2 | wind farm | 14.4 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Pearie Law Wind Farm | wind farm | 19.2 | operational | 3.5 |
| Muirhall | wind farm | 12.3 | operational | 4.0 |
| Tormywheel | wind farm | 30.8 | operational | 4.1 |
| Muirhall Extension | wind farm | 6.8 | operational | 4.7 |
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 (55.8009, -3.6067).