Planning application
Land At Melowther Hill (adjacent To Dunwan Dam And 2km South-west Of Eaglesham) East Renfrewshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of five wind turbines (119m to hub height and up to 200m to tip height) and associated infrastructure including sub-station building, access tracks; construction of access track; widening of junction at Strathaven Road (Major)
As published by the council, reference 2025/0439/TP
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/0439/TP
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 29 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 15 Aug 2025
- Ward
- 5 -Newton Mearns South And Eaglesham
- Parish
- Eaglesham/Waterfoot Community Council
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jul 2025
Received by East Renfrewshire
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15 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Renfrewshire took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Green Cat Renewables Ltd Agent, registered in Roslin
Active · incorporated 2004 · Roslin
31 applications on PlanIndex · across 16 councils · 88% granted
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See their track recordWind Estate (UK) Ltd Applicant, registered in Huddersfield
Active · incorporated 2016 · Huddersfield
2 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
261 documents on file for this application
- NATS final response
- Greenfield Cottage Moor Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0QG
- No Address Provided
- Lowhill House Mews Eaglesham
- Woodhouse Farm Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Park Farm Cottage 175B Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 48 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Merlin Cheapside Street Eaglesham
- 6 Picketlaw Way Eaglesham
- No address Provided
- 18 Alexander Avenue Eaglesham
- No address provided
- 1 Tarff Avenue Eaglesham
- Park Farm House 175A Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 46 Gilmour Street Eaglesham
- Flat C 83 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 18 Polbae Crescent Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 51 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 51 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 28A Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 48 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- No Address Provided
- 3 Balfearn Drive Eaglesham
- 11 Pollock Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 19 Woodland Crescent Eaglesham
- 212 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham
- 2 Manseview Terrace Eaglesham
- 6 Lynn Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Low Borland 101 Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 5 Pollock Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- No Address provided
- No Address Provided
- No address provided
- No Address Provided
- No Address Provided
- No address provided
- No address provided.
- 8 Borland Crescent Eaglesham
- No Address Provided
- No address provided
- No address provided
- No address provided
- 27 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 23 Hill Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 93 Holehouse Road Eaglesham
- 19 Eglinton Walk Eaglesham
- 33 Polbae Crescent Eaglesham
- 19 Eglinton Walk. Eaglesham
- 3 Woodland Crescent Eaglesham
- 102 Alexander Avenue Eaglesham
- 301 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham
- Eaglesham resident
- 24 Park Crescent Eaglesham
- 8 Craigbank Crescent Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 5 Airyligg Drive Eaglesham
- No address provided
- No Address Provided.
- 234 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham
- 1A Cheapside Street Eaglesham.
- 5 Holehouse Road Eaglesham
- 9 Moor Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 16 Hill Drive Eaglesham
- Minard Glendinning Place Eaglesham
- 5 Airyligg Drive, Eaglesham
- Flat 1-2 7 Picketlaw Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 15 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham
- 52 Alexander Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- No Address Provided
- Lowhill House East, Eaglesham , G76 0NU
- Further comments from Environmental Health.
- Lowmill Cottage Strathaven Road Eaglesham
- Roads
- Figure TA 1.1 Proposed ABL route to site
- Appendices 1.2 and 1.3 OAMP and monitoring plan
- Traffic Count Locations
- Appendix 1.1 Annex B - C4644- GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-3000 Passing Place Locations.pdf
- Appendix 1.1 Annex A - C4644- GCR-SE-VS-DR-P-0001 Visibility Splay.pdf
- Appendix 1.1 Annex C Traffic Management Plan pdf
- Updated Traffic and Transport Assessment v3
- UPDATED - Appendix 1-1 Construction Traffic Management Plan - v2_0
- SEPA
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-2001 Site Layout - T1 Layout Change
- Revised Appendix 11-1 Outline Peat Management Plan
- Revised C4644-GCR-XX-DR-DR-P-0001 - Proposed Drainage Concept
- Revised C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0002- Site Layout- Overview
- Revised C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0004 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part1
- Revised C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0005-0006 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part2
- Revised C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0007-0008 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part3
- Revised C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part4
- Glasgow Airport
- EH response.
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0002- Site Layout Overview
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part1
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part2
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part3
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part4
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part5
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part6
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part7
- Figure 11_1_1a-j - Peat Depth Maps
- Figure 9_1_6a-i - NVC within ESA
- Figure 9_1_7a-i - GWDTE within the ESA
- Updated Appendix 11_1 - Peat Management Plan
- Updated Appendix 9_1 - Habitats Report
- Updated Appendix 9_3 - Bat Report
- Updated EIA Report Chapter 9 - Ecology
- Transport Scotland
- Updated Setting Assessment
- Wireline Drawing
- Wireline Drawing view NW East Revoch Cairn
- West of Scotland Archaeological Service
- MOD
- Low Borland 101 Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 7 Aldton Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 66 Alexander Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 45 Hillside Road Cardross Dumbarton G82 5LU
- 168 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 168 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 94 Craighlaw Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- No Address Provided
- Taigh an Ailtire Caolis Isle of Tiree PA77 6TS
- High Hill Cottage South of Strathaven Road
- High Hill Cottage Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NU
- No address provided
- 46 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0LQ
- 15 Hazelwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PT
- Lowhill House Mews Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NU
- No address provided
- No address provided
- Lowhill House East Park Farm House Off Strathaven Road Eaglesham G76 0NU
- Duplicate different address used: 7 Aldton Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfr
- 44 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 1 Capel Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Lowhill Cottage Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Lowhill Cottage Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Lowhill Cottage Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NU
- Hillend
- Lowhill House East Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 ONU
- 18 Picketlaw Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 50 Alexander Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 28 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Flat 1-2 64 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Park Farm Cottage 175B Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 28 Bonnyton Drive, Eaglesham
- 1 Picketlaw Way Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Park Farm House 175A Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 53 Glen Esk St Leonards East Kilbride(FULL)
- 1 Capel Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Minard Glendinning Place Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Gowanlea 48 Millhall Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 48 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- No address given
- 29 Picketlaw Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Flat 1-2 7 Picketlaw Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- 35 Picketlaw Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- Park Farm Cottage 175B Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire(FULL)
- NATS Consultation
- 174A Strathaven Road, Eaglesham
- Pre-Application Consultation Report
- Appendix 6_1 - LVIA Methodology
- Appendix 6_2 - Viewpoint Assessment
- Design and Access Statement
- EIA Report Chapter 1 - Introduction
- EIA Report Chapter 11 - Hydrology and Hydrogeology
- SUPERSEDED - EIA Report Chapter 12 - Traffic and Transport
- EIA Report Chapter 13 - Carbon Balance
- EIA Report Chapter 14 - Shadow Flicker
- EIA Report Chapter 15 - Aviation and Radar
- EIA Report Chapter 16 - Telecommunications and Infrastructure
- EIA Report Chapter 17 - Summary of Mitigation
- EIA Report Chapter 2 - Regulatory and Planning Policy Context
- EIA Report Chapter 3 - EIA Methodology
- EIA Report Chapter 4 - Assessment of Alternatives
- EIA Report Chapter 5 - Project Description
- EIA Report Chapter 6 - LVIA
- EIA Report Chapter 7 - Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
- Figure 6_1 - 45km Study Area
- Figure 6_10 - Residential Amenity Assessment
- Figure 6_11 - Route Assessment
- Figure 6_12 - Viewpoint 1 - Picket Law Reservoir
- Figure 6_13 - Viewpoint 2 - Eaglesham
- Figure 6_14 - Viewpoint 3 - Ballageich Hill
- Figure 6_15 - Viewpoint 4 - B764
- Figure 6_16 - Viewpoint 5 - East Kilbride
- Figure 6_17 - Viewpoint 6 - Newton Mearns
- Figure 6_18 - Viewpoint 7 - M77-A77 Near Brother Loch
- Figure 6_19 - Viewpoint 8 - Auldhouse
- Figure 6_20 - Viewpoint 9 - Cathkin Braes
- Figure 6_21 - Viewpoint 10 - Chapelton
- Figure 6_22 - Viewpoint 11 - Loudoun Hill
- Figure 6_23 - Viewpoint 12 - Fereneze Hills
- Figure 6_24 - Viewpoint 13 - Dunlop
- Figure 6_25 - Viewpoint 14 - Glasgow Necropolis
- Figure 6_26 - Viewpoint 15 - Dundonald Castle
- Figure 6_2a - Operational Cumulative Basemap
- Figure 6_2b - Consented Cumulative Basemap
- Figure 6_2c - In Planning Cumulative Basemap
- Figure 6_3a - Landscape Character Types
- Figure 6_3b - Landscape Character Types Key
- Figure 6_4a - Landscape Character Areas
- Figure 6_4b - Landscape Character Areas Key
- Figure 6_5a - Landscape Planning Designations
- Figure 6_5b - Landscape Planning Designations Key
- Figure 6_6a - Landscape Character Areas with 200m ZTV
- Figure 6_6b - Landscape Character Areas with 200m Tip ZTV Key
- Figure 6_7 - Landscape Planning Designations with 200m ZTV
- Figure 6_8 - 200m Tip ZTV
- Figure 6_9 - 119m Hub ZTV
- Figure 7_3 - SM01 - Dunwan Hill Fort
- Figure 7_4a - SM02 - East Revoch Cairn
- A Location Plan
- EIA Non-Technical Summary
- Planning Statement
- Application PDF
- Socio-economic Statement
- Appendix 10_1 - Collision Risk Model Analysis
- Appendix 11_1 - Annex A - Site Work
- Appendix 11_1 - Peat Management Plan
- Appendix 11_1 Figure
- Appendix 6_3 - Residential Amenity Assessment
- Appendix 9_1 - Habitats Report
- Appendix 9_1 Figures
- Appendix 9_3 - Bat Survey Report
- Appendix 9_3 - Figure 9_3_1 - Static Bat Recorder Locations
- Appendix 9_4 - Outline Biodiversity Enhancement & Management Plan
- Appendix 9_4 Figures
- C4644-GCR-DR-DT-DR-P-0001 Drainage Details- Sheet 1
- C4644-GCR-DR-DT-DR-P-0002 Drainage Details- Sheet 2
- C4644-GCR-DR-DT-DR-P-0003 Culvert Sections
- C4644-GCR-DR-DT-DR-P-0004 Foundation Details
- C4644-GCR-SE-VS-DR-P-0001 Visibility Splay
- C4644-GCR-SS-DT-DR-P-0001 Substation Plan and Elevation
- C4644-GCR-XX-DR-DR-P-0001 - Proposed Drainage Concept
- C4644-GCR-XX-DT-DR-P-0001 Turbine Elevation
- C4644-GCR-XX-DT-DR-P-0002 Hardstanding Details
- C4644-GCR-XX-DT-DR-P-0003 Road Details
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0001 - Site Location
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0002- Site Layout- Overview
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0003-0005 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part1
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0006-0008 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part2
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0009 - Site Layout Block Plans_Part3
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0010-0013 - Planning App Boundary_Part1
- C4644-GCR-XX-GA-DR-P-0014-0016 - Planning App Boundary_Part2
- EIA Report Chapter 10 - Ornithology
- EIA Report Chapter 8 - Noise
- EIA Repower Chapter 9 - Ecology
- Figure 10_1 - Viewsheds
- Figure 10_2 - 10_14 - Flight Maps 1 - 13
- Figure 11_1 - Hydrological Context Map
- Figure 14_1 - Shadow Flicker Study Area
- Figure 14_2 - Cumulative Shadow Flicker
- Figure 4_1 - Site Constraints Plan
- Figure 4_6 - Site Constraints Plan with Layout
- Figure 7_1 - Heritage Assets Immediately Surrounding the Site
- Figure 7_2 - Heritage Assets within 10km
- Figure 7_4b - Viewtowards SM02 - East Revoch Cairn
- Figure 7_5 - East Revoch Cairn Intervisibility Analysis
- Figure 8_1 - Noise Study Area
- Figure 8_2 - Noise Cumulative Study Area
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