Question reference: S6W-21723
- Date lodged: 25 September 2023
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 October 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for onshore wind development with a capacity in excess of 50 megawatts have been granted in each of the past 10 years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Regarding applications for onshore wind development with a capacity in excess of 50 megawatts (including applications to extend and vary wind farms in excess of 50 megawatts where an application was made to Scottish Ministers) that have been granted in each of the past 10 years, broken down into planning authority areas, is presented in the following table.
Consents made between 2013 - to date.
YEAR | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 (to date) | Total |
PA | ||||||||||||
Aberdeenshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Argyll and Bute | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 1
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Dumfries and Galloway | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3* | 3++ | 13 | |||
East Ayrshire | 1 | 1**** | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2+++ | 11 | ||||
East Lothian | 1 | 1*** | 2 | |||||||||
Highland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | ||
Moray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
North Lanarkshire | 1** | 1 | ||||||||||
Scottish Borders | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1+ | 1 | 2+ | 8 | ||||
Shetland Islands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
South Ayrshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2**** | 5 | |||||||
South Lanarkshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1***** | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1***** | 1 | 13 | ||
West Lothian | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
TOTAL | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 97 |
Definitions *= 1 Partially in South Ayrshire, ** = 1 partially in both South and West Lanarkshire, *** = 1 partially in Scottish Borders, **** = 1 partially in Dumfries and Galloway, ***** = 1 partially in West Lothian, + = 1 partially in East Lothian, ++ = 1 partially in East Ayrshire, +++ = 1 partially in South Lanarkshire.