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Blackhills Windfarm Rothes Moray

Awaiting decision Moray 25/00965/S36 Dealt With By Scottish Executive

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Proposed wind farm comprising of up to 6 turbines 200m in height each with a generating capacity of up to 7.2MW associated infrastructure and BESS with 20MW capacity giving a total site capacity of up to approximately 63.2 MW at

As published by the council, reference 25/00965/S36

Application record

Reference
25/00965/S36
Type
Dealt With By Scottish Executive
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
8 Aug 2025
Validated
8 Aug 2025
Ward
Fochabers Lhanbryde
Parish
Innes
Decision by
Committee - Other/Scheme of Delegation

Site history

Applications at this address on the Moray register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

  • 25/00965/S36CON Awaiting decision

    Blackhills Windfarm Rothes Moray

    Proposed wind farm comprising of up to 6 turbines 200m in height each with a generating capacity of up to 7.2MW associated infrastructure and BESS with 20MW capacity giving a total site capacity of up to approximately 63.2 MW at

    Submitted 8 Aug 2025

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Aug 2025

    Received by Moray

  2. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 3 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Moray took a median of 82 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

152 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Moray for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Moray's median decision took 82 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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Nearby applications

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  • Blackhills Windfarm Rothes Moray

    25/00965/S36CON Submitted 8 Aug 2025 0m away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~3 Oct

    Proposed wind farm comprising of up to 6 turbines 200m in height each with a generating capacity of up to 7.2MW associated infrastructure and BESS with 20MW capacity giving a total site capacity of up to approximately 63.2 MW at

    Awaiting decision 152 docs