Planning application
Land Near Greentoft/Neven Point, Eday, Orkney
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erect five wind turbines (maximum height of 180 metres), and battery energy storage system (maximum combined capacity 49.9 MW), a substation, external transformers, and associated infrastructure including access tracks, crane hardstandings, temporary laydown areas, underground cabling, and borrow pit
As published by the council, reference 25/203/TPPMAJ
Application record
- Reference
- 25/203/TPPMAJ
- Type
- Turbine Planning Permission MAJ
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 6 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 23 Jun 2025
- Ward
- North Isles
- Parish
- Eday Community Council
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jun 2025
Received by Orkney Islands
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23 Jun 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Orkney Islands took a median of 99 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Edinburgh
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
368 documents on file for this application
- Further Comment - W Cormack
- HIAL (Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd)
- Officer to Agent - Further Information Request
- Further Comment - C Stevens
- Late Representation - F Hay
- Environmental Health
- Islands archaeologist
- NatureScot
- Policy Officer - Access
- Engineering Services
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Late Representation - M Sykrs
- Late Representation - K Simpson
- Late Representation - C Davies
- Late Representation - C Davies
- Late Representation - N Spinks
- Further Comment - N Skelton
- Late Representation - C Tait
- Late Representation - C Bell
- Late Representation - S Harris
- Late Representation - Lesley Yoneda
- Objection - C Webster
- Objection -R Joy
- Objection -P Brough
- Objection - N Bremner
- Objection - J Pratt
- Objection - M Raw
- Objection - E Milligan
- Objection - S Graham
- Objection - L Morrison
- Objection - M Sinclair
- Further Comment - D Baker
- Objection - S MacLennan
- Objection - Mr & Mrs W Jackson
- Objection - J Carson
- Objection - A Hockenhull
- Further Comment - E Brodie
- Objection - J Warren
- Objection - M Eastty
- Objection - B Shepherd
- Objection - S Billing
- Objection - S Billing
- Objection - F L'estrange
- Further Comment - R Bremner
- Objection - -S Shercliff
- Objection - J Campbell
- Objection - J Harcus
- Objection - A & P Jones
- Objection - E Wallitt
- Objection - J & M Leitch
- Objection - L Sinclair
- Objection - P Biltcliffe
- Objection - D Macdonald, S Murray & A Young
- Objection - L Kinsey
- Further Comment - W Cormack
- Objection - J Watson
- Objection - C Shearer
- Objection - N Woolfenden
- Objection - G Bremner
- Objection - C Sylvester
- Further Comment - D Lord
- Objection - G Richards
- Objection - Mr Neil
- Objection - L Davies
- Further Comment - M Dixon
- Invalid Representation - N Woolfenden
- Further Comment - P Booth
- Objection - R Reynolds
- Further Comment - B Reynolds
- Objection - Helen
- Objection - L Webster
- Objection - S Appleby
- Objection - E Webster
- Objection - C Bromley
- Objection - A Murphy
- Objection - C Bell
- Objection - J Bently
- Objection - C-A Rose
- Objection - A Cant
- Further Comment - D Townsend
- Objection - B Bell
- Objection - L Booth
- Objection - Mr and Mrs Louis de Jel & Roos Fokkema
- Neutral- C Townsend
- Eday Community Council
- Objection - C Shearer
- Further Comment- F Haldane
- Objection - R Welshman
- Objection - L Garson
- Objection - N Lyde
- Supports D Gowland
- Further Comment - S-M Harris
- Objection - N Smith
- Objection - F Woods
- Objection - D Haldane
- Objection - A Hewison
- Objection - A Hewison
- Supports - J McCabe
- Objection - R M Archer
- Supports - M Lee
- Objection - F Shepherd
- Objection - A Leckenby
- Supports-M Graham
- RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
- Further Comment - L Dyson
- Objection - N Harcus
- Objection - C Despard
- Objection - A Wiseman
- Further Comment - C Graham
- Objection - P Garrod
- Objection - S Friend
- Objection - A Ball
- Objection - G MacLeod
- Supports - T McCabe
- Further Comment - Neutral- I Ford
- Supports-G Sparks
- Objection - G Low
- Objection - R Allen
- Further Comment - S-M Harris
- Objection - C Bristow
- Objection - E Putnam
- Supports- J Gowland
- Objection - M Young
- Objection - D Baker
- Objection - A Hayton
- Objection - M Mouse
- Supports-Mr & Mrs Macfarlane
- Objection -W Alford
- Objection - A Armstrong
- Objection - F J Newton
- Objection - B MacDonald
- Objection - D E Carter
- Objection - Mr & Mrs Chisholm
- Objection - J Ritchie
- Objection - R Pullen
- Objection - C Whittles
- Objection - J Wallis
- Objection - J Hedley
- Objection - L Ward
- Objection - J Randalls
- Further Comment - N Ward
- Objection - P Baxter
- Objection - K Thomas
- Further Comment -A Barratt
- Further Comment - A Barratt
- Neutral- D Ford
- Objection - A Hasset
- Objection - Mr & Mrs Sylvester
- Objection - S Cox
- Further Comment - P Joy
- Objection - N Skelton
- Objection - A Alexander
- Objection - L Brewer
- Objection - S Wright
- Objection - M Auchterlonie
- Objection - T Brooks
- Objection - P Benson
- Further Comment - P Benson
- Objection - D Graham
- Objection - I Suri
- Objection - S Kelly
- Objection - T Procter
- Objection - D Brooks
- Objection - S Miller
- Objection - I King
- Objection - J Baldock
- Objection - D Stewart
- Objection - A Johnston
- Objection - L Dyson
- Objection - W Cormack
- Objection -A Bignall
- Objection - E Wallington and M Cant
- Objection - D Bowden
- Objection - S Boardman
- Objection - M Rennie
- Further Comment - J Rennie
- Objection - R Cormack
- Objection - H Wallington
- Objection - J Brough
- Objection - J Morgan
- MoD (Ministry of Defence)
- Supports - S Lind
- Further Comment - S Lind
- Objection - C L Boardman
- Supports- C Brookes
- Objection - M Bremner
- Objection - C Stevens
- Objection -V Irving
- Objection - V Irving
- Objection - R Archer
- Supports- N Joy
- Supports- N Rymer
- Supports-W Inglis
- Objection - A Kelly
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 14 Socio-Economics, Tourism and Recreation
- MoD (Ministry of Defence)
- Objection - P Trevelyan
- Neutral - E Wallington
- HIAL (Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd)
- Scottish Water
- NATS (National Air Traffic Services)
- SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency)
- Airfield Superintendant
- NATS (National Air Traffic Services)
- JRC (Joint Radio Company)
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 12_2 Private Water Risk Assessment...
- Proposal Description Clarification
- Arqiva Services Ltd
- Turbine Co-ordinates
- Invalid Email
- Design and Access Statement
- EIAR Abbreviations List
- EIAR Non-Technical Summary
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 1 Introduction
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 10 Noise
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 11 Access Traffic and Transport
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 12 Geology Hydrology Hydrogeology and Peat
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 13 Aviation
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 15 Air Quality
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 16 Other Issues
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 18 Summary of Residual Effects
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 2 Site Selection and Design
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 3 Proposed Development
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 4 Approach to EIA
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 5 Planning and Energy Policy Framework
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 6 Landscape and Visual
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 7 Ecology
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 8 Ornithology
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 9 Cultural Heritage
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 1_1 Site Location
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 1_2 Proposed Development Layout
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 10_1 Predicted Operational Noise Levels
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_1 Study Area
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_2 Hydrological Features
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_3 Superficial Geology
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_4 Peat Classification
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_5 Peat Depth
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_6 Bedrock Geology
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_7 Watercourse Crossings
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_8 Private Water Supplies
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 12_9 Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 15_1 Location of Site Boundary and Proposed Works
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 15_2 Receptors and Study Area
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 16_1 Shadow Flicker Study Area
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 16_2 Shadow Flicker Results Realistic Scenario
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 2_1 Onsite Constraints
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 2_2 Turbine Layout A and B
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 2_3 Turbine Layout C and D
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 2_4 Infrastructure Layout 1
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 2_5 Infrastructure Layout 2
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 2_6 Infrastructure Layout 3
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_1 Designations within 10km
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_12 Indicative Watercourse Crossing
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_1 Topography and Landcover
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_10 Landscape Designations and Existing Light Environment
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_11 Aviation ZTV with Screening A1
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_12 Cumulative ZTV
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_2 Cumulative Location Plan
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_3 Landscape Character with Cumulative Sites
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_4 Coastal Character with Cumulative Sites
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_5 ZTV to Blade Tip A1
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_6 ZTV to Hub Height A1
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_7 ZTV to Hub and Tip Height with Screening A1
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_8 Landscape Designations and ZTV
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 6_9 Visual Receptors and ZTV
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 7_1 Statutory Designations
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 7_2 Ecological Desk Study Area
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 7_3 NVC Communities
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 7_4 Otter Signs 2020 2024 Survey Results
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 7_6 Bat Preliminary Roost Assessment Buffer
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 8_1 Project Location
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 8_2 Ornithology Designated Sites
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 8_3 Biodiversity Enhancement Measures
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_1 Site Boundary 1km Study Area and Heritage Assets
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_10 20 km Study Area ZTV Nationally Important Heritage Ass
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_2 Site Boundary 5 km Study Area and Heritage Assets
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_3 Site Boundary 20 km Study Area Nationally Important Her
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_4 Extract from a map by Hondius 1638
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_5 Extract from a map by Mackenzie Senior1750
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_6 Extracts from Ordnance Survey maps 1872
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_7 Extracts from Ordnance Survey maps 1903
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_8 Site Boundary Infrastructure 1 km Study Area and Herita
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 9_9 Site Boundary 5 km Study Area ZTV and Heritage Assets
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_11 Vinquoy Hill chambered cairn Eday from passage Photomo
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_12 Burn of Mussetter standing stone on E side of Photomon
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_13 Mill Hill chambered cairn Millbounds Photomontage
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_14 Stackel Brae castle Maltbarn Eday Wireline
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_15 Sandhill chambered cairn 300m W of Eday Photomontage
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_16 Greentoft burnt mound 350m SSW of Eday Photomontage
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_17 Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site Photomon
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_18 Kirkwall Westray ferry Wireline
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_19 Southside standing stone 130m SW of Wireline
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_20 Holm of Huip cairn Wireline
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_21 Lochend chambered cairn 450m NW ofStronsay Wireline
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_22 Onziebust chambered cairn 440m SSE of Egilsay Wireline
- EIAR Volume 3 Figure 9_23 Hillock of Burroughstone broch Wireline
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 1 B9063 Veness Eday
- Location Plan
- Cover Letter
- Turbine Planning Permission MAJ
- Pre-Application Consultation Report
- Proposed Battery Container
- Proposed Construction Compound
- Proposed Crane Hardstanding
- Site Plan
- Proposed Substation Compound Layout
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 2 Stronsay Ferry
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 3 Ness of Ork Shapinsay
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 4 Johns Hill Stronsay
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 5 Vinquoy Hill Eday
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 6 St Magnus Church Egilsay
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 7 Faraclett East Rousay
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 8 Wyre
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 9 Westray Ferry Terminal
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 10 B9070 at Broughtown Sanday
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 11 Pier at Hatston Orkney Mainland
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 12 Mull Head Orkney Mainland
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 13 B9057 above Evie Orkney Mainland
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 14 Wideford Hill Orkney Mainland
- EIAR Volume 3 Viewpoint 15 Point of Burrian North Ronaldsay
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 10_3 Calibration certificates
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 3_1 Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 4_1 EIA Scoping Report
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 4_2 OIC EIA Scoping Opinion
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 4_3 Proposal of Application Notice
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 6_1 LVIA Methodology and Criteria
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 6_2 Visuals Methodology
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 6_3 Landscape Sensitivity Assessment
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 6_4 Viewpoint Analysis
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 6_5 Residential Visual Amenity Assessment
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 7_2 NVC Survey Report
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 8_1 Ornithology Technical Report
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 8_3 Collision Risk Report
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 8_3 Collision Risk Report Annex 2 Collision Risk Calculat
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 8_3 Collision Risk Report Annex 2 Flight Line Data
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 8_3 Collision Risk Report Annex 3 Population Modes
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 8_4 Information to Inform HRA
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 9_1 Heritage Asset and Event Gazetteer
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 9_2 Plate
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 9_3 Detailed Setting Assessment
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 9_4 Cumulative Asessment
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 10_ 5 Noise Prediction Methodology
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 10_ 6 Operational Mitigation
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 10_1 Proposed Baseline Noise Measurement Details and Asse
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 10_4 Derivation of Noise Limits
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 11_1 Transport Assessment
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 12_1 Watercourse Crossing Schedule
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 12_3 Borrow Pit Appraisal
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 15_1 Air Quality Impact Assessment
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 16_1 Shadow Flicker Meteorological Data
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 16_2 Potential Shadow Periods
- EIAR Volume 4 Appendix 16_3 Carbon Calculator
- EIAR Volumn 4 Appendix 10_2 Baseline Noise Measurement Details and Assessment Me
- Planning Statement
- EIAR Volume 1 Chapter 17 Schedule of Environmental Commitments
- Turbine Kiosk
- Turbine Elevation
- Turbine Foundation
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_2 Typical Turbine Elevation
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_3 Typical Turbine Kiosk
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_4 Typical Turbine Foundation
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_5 Candidate Crane Hardstanding
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_6 Typical Track Section
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_7 Typical Existing Road Widening
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_8 Typical Cable Trench
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_9 Proposed Substation Compound Layout
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_10 Proposed Battery Container
- EIAR Volume 2 Figure 3_11 Proposed Construction Compound
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This application is with Orkney Islands for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Orkney Islands decided full applications in a median of 133 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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