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Torfichen Wind Farm Torfichen Hill Midlothian

Awaiting decision Scottish Borders 25/00411/NECON Neighbouring Local Authorities

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

Proposal

Erection of 18 three-bladed horizontal axis turbines, up to 180 m tip height; associated low to medium voltage transformers and related switchgear at each turbine; turbine foundations; hardstand areas for erection cranes at each turbine location; a network of access tracks including watercourse crossings, turning heads and site entrance from the public road network; borrow pits

As published by the council, reference 25/00411/NECON

Application record

Reference
25/00411/NECON
Type
Neighbouring Local Authorities
Status
Registered
Received
1 Apr 2025
Validated
1 Apr 2025
Ward
Outwith SBC Adminstrative Boundary
Parish
Outwith SBC Adminstrative Boundary

Site history

Applications at this address on the Scottish Borders register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023.

  • 23/00114/NECON Decided

    Torfichen Wind Farm Torfichen Hill Midlothian

    The Proposed Development would comprise c.19 turbines, each c.180 m from ground to blade tip when vertical. Its total generating capacity is anticipated to be in the region of 114 MW

    Decided 28 Feb 2023

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Apr 2025

    Received by Scottish Borders

  2. 5 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 27 May 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Scottish Borders took a median of 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

1 document on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Scottish Borders for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Scottish Borders's median decision took 61 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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