Planning application
Land 695M SW Of Kirkfield Cottage Castletown
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Olrig Mains Wind Farm - 4 turbines and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
As published by the council, reference 26/00908/SCOP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00908/SCOP
- Type
- Scoping Applications
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Scoping Application Decision Issued
- Received
- 2 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 2 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 17 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Thurso And North West Caithness
- Parish
- Castletown And Bower Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Mar 2026
Received by Highland
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17 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Scoping Application Decision Issued
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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