Foudland Hill Wind Farm Insch Aberdeenshire
Approved on 4 March 2026
Council decision: EIA Opinion Adopted
Proposal
Proposed Section 36 Consent Scoping Consultation for Erection of 9 Wind Turbines (up to 200m to blade tip), 20MW BESS and Associated Infrastructure (Development Total Capacity 84.4MW)
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Public comments
- 17
- Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Ward
- West Garioch
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 Feb
- DecidedDecided4 Mar
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Foudland Hill Wind Farm Insch Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire has handled 964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Aberdeenshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across West Garioch. We hold 525 applications in total for the AB52 postcode area.
95% of outline applications at Aberdeenshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- AB52 6JF
- Application type
- EIA Scoping Request
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Bennachie
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 February 2026
- Application expires
- 26 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Energy Consents Unit 4th Floor 5 Atlantic Quay 150 Broomielaw Glasgow G2 8LU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 34 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 577
Site constraints
Source: Aberdeenshire
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