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Wind turbine appeal decisions: statistics

Last updated
16 April 2024 - see all updates
Directorate
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Part of
Building, planning and design

Weekly statistics for wind turbine appeal decisions.

This information does not include section 36 applications or wind turbine planning applications called-in by Scottish Ministers.

The following tables are updated each Tuesday. There were no new decisions to update on Tuesday 16th April 2024.

Appeal decisions by decision period

Decision period (financial years) Number decided (multiple turbine appeals) Number allowed (multiple turbine appeals) Percentage allowed (multiple turbine appeals) Number decided (single turbine appeals) Number allowed (single turbine appeals) Percentage allowed (single turbine appeals) Overall percentage allowed
2023 - 24 6 5 83% 1 0 0 71%
2022 - 23 16 9 56% 0 0 n/a 50%
2021 - 22 9 7 78% 1 1 100% 80%
2020 - 21 6 2 33% 2 2 100% 50%
2019 - 20 11 5 45% 0 0 n/a 45%
2018 - 19 19 11 58% 1 0 0% 55%
2017 - 18 12 7 58% 0 0 n/a 58%
2016 - 17 21 14 67% 7 5 71% 68%
2015 - 16 29 13 45% 32 21 66% 56%
2014 - 15 36 15 42% 30 20 67% 53%
2013 - 14 40 16 38% 59 25 42% 41%
2012 - 13 33 7 21% 43 15 35% 29%
2011 - 12 16 5 31% 7 1 14% 26%
2010 - 11 13 4 31% 2 1 50% 33%
2009 - 10 11 2 18% 10 1 10% 14%
2008 - 09 5 5 100% 6 2 33% 64%
2007 - 08 15 7 47% 3 2 67% 50%
2006 - 07 4 3 75% 1 0 0% 60%
2005 - 06 4 2 50% 2 2 100% 67%
2004 - 05 5 2 40% 0 0 n/a 40%
2003 - 04 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0%
2002 - 03 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 67%
All to date 312 142 46% 210 99 47% 46%

Of the 498 wind turbine related planning appeals decided since May 2007, 270 (54%) were refused and 228 (46%) were allowed.

Appeal decisions by planning authority area

Planning authority Number decided (multiple turbine appeals) Number allowed (multiple turbine appeals) Percentage allowed (multiple turbine appeals) Number decided (single turbine appeals) Number allowed (single turbine appeals) Percentage allowed (single turbine appeals) Overall percentage allowed
Aberdeen City 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Aberdeenshire 38 14 37% 50 25 50% 44%
Angus 11 3 27% 2 1 50% 31%
Argyll and Bute 14 6 43% 8 2 25% 36%
Cairngorms 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
City of Edinburgh 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Clackmannanshire 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 100%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 1 1 100% 0 n/a n/a 100%
Dumfries and Galloway 46 24 52% 18 6 33% 47%
Dundee City 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
East Ayrshire 22 10 45% 6 3 50% 46%
East Dunbartonshire 0 n/a n/a 1 1 100% 100%
East Lothian 2 1 50% 8 5 63% 60%
East Renfrewshire 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 50%
Falkirk 2 2 100% 4 2 50% 67%
Fife 18 6 33% 25 13 52% 44%
Glasgow City 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Highland 41 19 46% 5 2 40% 44%
Inverclyde 1 1 100% 3 3 100% 100%
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Midlothian 4 1 25% 0 n/a n/a 25%
Moray 9 5 56% 13 7 54% 55%
North Ayrshire 5 2 40% 0 0 n/a 40%
North Lanarkshire 3 1 33% 6 2 33% 33%
Orkney Islands 5 4 80% 6 0 0% 36%
Perth and Kinross 22 9 41% 3 1 33% 40%
Renfrewshire 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Scottish Borders 26 11 42% 3 2 67% 46%
Shetland Islands 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
South Ayrshire 13 7 54% 9 4 44% 50%
South Lanarkshire 17 7 41% 25 16 64% 55%
Stirling 4 2 50% 6 0 0% 20%
West Dunbartonshire 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
West Lothian 5 4 80% 5 1 20% 50%
SCOTLAND 312 142 46% 210 99 47% 46%

More information

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Contact

Telephone: 0300 244 6668

Email: DPEA@gov.scot

Post:
Planning and Environmental Appeals
Hadrian House
Callendar Business Park
Falkirk

FK1 1XR

Twitter: @DPEAScotland

First published
23 August 2022
Last updated
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