Renewables planning advice: index

Please note: while much of our online advice about onshore wind turbines remain relevant and now supports Scottish Planning Policy, any passages referring to 'spatial framework', 'spatial planning' and 'areas of search' are now out of date. Advice about the process for preparing spatial frameworks for wind farms has been removed. No decision has yet been taken about when updated advice will be published.

Onshore wind turbines (first published 14 February 2011; updated 14 & 25 February 2011; 5 August 2011; 27 January 2012; 14 March 2012; 2 May 2012; 28 August 2012; 24 October 2012; 17 July 2013; December 2013; last updated 28 May 2014)

Wind farm developments on peat land (published June 2011)

Hydro schemes (first published 14 February 2011; updated 22 February 2011; 11 July 2012; last updated 12 December 2013)

Woody biomass (first published 14 February 2011; updated 11 July 2012; last updated 17 July 2013)

Landfill gas (first published 14 February 2011; last updated 21 February 2011)

Energy from waste (first published 14 February 2011; last updated 21 February 2011)

Anaerobic digestion (first published 14 February 2011; last updated 21 February 2011)

Deep geothermal (first published 14 February 2011; updated 18 February 2011; last updated 7 March 2012)

Large photovoltaic arrays (published February 2011)

Energy storage (published February 2011; updated 17 July 2013; last updated 12 December 2013)

Microgeneration (first published 1 May 2012; updated 15 May 2012; last updated 4 March 2013)

Planning and heat (published May 2013; updated 12 October 2015)